Search Results: Titles starting with K from Dark and Stormy Night Books

North Salem, New York: The Adventure Library, 1994 Hard cover, 8vo., in half buckram with tan and brown illustrated, paper-covered boards featuring mountain scene, the gilt titles to spine on red printed labels, map end papers xx, 214pp., First Edition Thus. Includes 12 pp. color photographs, plus other black and white illustration. The book tells the story of the Third American Karakorum Expedition, which took place in 1953 on the second highest peak of the Himalayas. Standing just below the exalted heights of Mt. Everest, the mountain had defeated two earlier summit attempts in 1938 and 39. Storms, avalanche and loss of life have defined the mission for decades. New introductory material and appendices only add to this re-release of a climbing classic.. First Adventure Library Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Dee Molenaar.

Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc., 1983 Soft Cover, 8vo. Illustrated catalogue of rare books including The Emperor's Astronomy 1540, Audobon etc. Condition: Near Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Santa Barbara, CA: Perseverance Press, 2000 Trade paperback, 213pp. Toronto is the scene of a tense murder mystery by celebrated Canadian author, Eric Wright. A retired English professor and recipient of awards both in Canada and Great Britain, he tells the story of the disappearance of college student and sometime-stripper, Rosie Dawn. Professor of English Jon Barley plays private eye. Admirers call Wright's work intelligent and stylishly funny. Contains a bookstore stamp inside front cover. Condition: Fine. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.