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Price: £20.00
Publisher: Teaneck, Zephyrus Press: 1975
Seller ID: 014523
ISBN: 0914264141
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp 223, very clean internally, orange cloth slightly bruised at one corner otherwise very good, the dustwrapper is rubbed and very slightly worn. A small label on the title page states that the book was published in Great Britain by the Mendip Press. [Chevalier first visited the Trou du Glaz entrance in 1935, and was struck by the possibility of exploring beyond what was at the time considered technically possible. With Fernand Petzl, Charles Petit-Didier and others, Chevalier completed explorations that connected four entrances (Trou du Glaz, Guiers Mort, P40 and Grotte... View more info
By: CHIN Shui Hiung; Ravi Mandalam & Christopher Chin
Price: £29.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, Opus Publications: 2013
Seller ID: 008891
ISBN: 9833987494
Condition: New
Very well illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 152, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. [This book is a guide to the remote and rugged eastern part of Mount Kinabalu, the tallest mountain on the island of Borneo. The western part of the mountain is readily accessible by a scrambling trail that has been developed over several decades into a secure track with guard rails, steps and ropes in steeper sections. It attracts thousands of amateur climbers every year. The eastern summit of Kinabalu was scaled for the first time only in 1957 by two British climbers Myles Bowen and Ross Urquhart, a century... View more info
By: Clark, Ronald W.
Price: £4.00
Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007587
Condition: Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 292, clean internally, blue cloth very slightly worn, corners slightly rubbed, bottom edge slightly shelf-worn, in a slightly worn dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. [From the library of Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the front endpaper. Son of Julian, nephew of Aldous, grandson of Leonard and great-grandson of Thomas Henry - Anthony Huxley was the only member of this towering scientific dynasty to choose botany and horticulture as his career. His earlier writings on mountain flowers reflected his passion for the high ground, and among his forty-odd wor... View more info
By: de Lavaur, Guy
Price: £4.50
Publisher: London, The Scientific Book Club:
Seller ID: 014534
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp 175, very slightly age-toned, fore-edge very slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, yellow cloth in good condition, binding leaning very slightly, in a very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a removable plastic film. View more info
By: Drummond, Edwin
Price: £4.00
Publisher: London, Diadem Books Ltd: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015345
ISBN: 0906371961
Condition: Good
Illustrated, ocravo, pp 224, three letters in red ink on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, brown cloth, bindng leaning slightly, otherwise very good, in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. View more info
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By: du Faur, Freda
Price: £175.00
Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd: 1915
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015407
Condition: Fair
Illustrated with black and white plates, some of which are mounted, large thick octavo, pp xvi, 250, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, rather weak internally, the hinge at page 176/177 very weak indeed, and some other hinges becoming so, brown cloth slightly rubbed, lower cover very slightly marked, rear corners slightly bruised. [With the stamp of Fred B. Butler on the front endpaper, and also an armorial bookplate. He had a keen sense of local history and over a span of 50 years gathered a collection of archives, manuscripts, photographs and artefacts, most of which related to Taranaki hist... View more info
By: Eiselin, Max
Price: £28.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1961
Seller ID: 007599
Condition: Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xii, 159, clean internally, blue cloth slightly dull and slightly rubbed and marked. Overall quite a good copy of a very scarce book. [From the library of Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the front endpaper. Son of Julian, nephew of Aldous, grandson of Leonard and great-grandson of Thomas Henry - Anthony Huxley was the only member of this towering scientific dynasty to choose botany and horticulture as his career. His earlier writings on mountain flowers reflected his passion for the high ground, and among his forty-odd works there stands his "Standard Encyclope... View more info
Price: £9.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, Opus Publications: 2008
Seller ID: 008441
ISBN: 9833987257
Condition: New
Illustrated in black and white, small 8vo, pp xvi, 95, paperback, a very good copy. [First published in 1927, Kinabalu: The Haunted Mountain of Borneo still enthralls readers with the exploits of early-day explorers of Kinabalu. This account follows Enrique’s desire to scale the summit with his trusted companion Sau Nan and a small entourage. Enriquez’s account of his expedition contains some of the most beautifully written passages that portray the starkness and beauty of Kinabalu. He notes that "Kinabalu is a sort of Mecca for naturalists", which still holds true today. An enjoya... View more info
By: Farr, Martyn
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Sparkford, Yeovil, The Oxford Illustrated Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014535
ISBN: 0946609101
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp vi, 229, very clean internally, black cloth, binding leaning slightly but otherwise very good, the dustwrapper is slightly faded on the spine but otherwise very clean and bright. View more info
By: Farr, Martyn
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Diadem Books Ltd: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014562
ISBN: 0906371503
Condition: Very Good
Well illustrated, square octavo, pp 207, hardback, a very good copy in dustwrapper. View more info
By: Farrer, Reginald
Price: £65.00
Publisher: London, Headley Brothers: 1911
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014795
Condition: Good
First edition, second issue ?? (1911). Illustrated, (including 14 mounted colour plates), folding map, large octavo, pp 326, there is a bruise to the top inner margin of the early pages, the title page and the next few pages have a bruise and crease along fore margin, the bottom edge also has two small bumps which affect very slightly the lower margin of some pages, endpapers a little foxed, otherwise clean internally, blue cloth, again with a slight bruise on the upper cover, otherwise in good condition. With the scarce dustwrapper, which is a little age-toned, and slightly worn and frayed... View more info
Price: £90.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co Ltd: 1899
Seller ID: 006057
Well illustrated with many plates, two folding maps, large 8vo, pp xvi, 390, neat contemporary inscription on the front endpaper, some foxing and browning throughout, a little smoky, decorated cloth gilt, a little worn and marked, spine faded and with two holes at the base. VERY SCARCE View more info
By: Hendy, Phil
Price: £3.75
Publisher: Wells, Mendip Publishing: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014529
ISBN: 0905903099
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated with cartoons, small slim octavo, pp 64, paperback, a good clean copy. [Postage will be reduced] View more info
Price: £4.00
Publisher: New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan: 1975
Seller ID: 007594
ISBN: 0698106490
Condition: Good
Illustrated, pp 319, upper corner of first 50 pages slightly bumped, otherwise very clean internally, dark blue cloth slightly bumped also otherwise very bright, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped but which is a bit creased along the fore-edge of the upper cover. [From the library of Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the front endpaper. Son of Julian, nephew of Aldous, grandson of Leonard and great-grandson of Thomas Henry - Anthony Huxley was the only member of this towering scientific dynasty to choose botany and horticulture as his career. His earlier writings on mountain flowers r... View more info
By: Howes, Chris
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Cardiff, Wild Places Publishing: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 014717
ISBN: 0952670119
Condition: Very Good
Well illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 268, a very good bright clean copy in a dustwrapper showing the very slightest signs of use. Signed by author on the title page. SCARCE. View more info
By: Jones, Dewi
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Llanrwst, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014787
ISBN: 0863813836
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, small octavo, pp 170, paperback, a very good copy. View more info
Price: £4.50
Publisher: Leicester, Cordlee & British Cave Research Association: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014578
ISBN: 18711890764
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp vi, 296, very slight signs of use internally, paperback, very slightly worn, upper corner very slightly bruised. Overall still a very good copy. View more info
By: Moore, George W. & Sullivan, G. Nicholas
Price: £6.00
Publisher: Teaneck, Zephyrus Press: 1978
Edition: Second edition
Seller ID: 014533
ISBN: 0914264222
Condition: Good
Second revised edition. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xii, 150, a very small mark to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, very slight signs of wear. View more info
By: Noel, Sandra
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Thrupp, Stroud., Sutton Publishing: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015331
ISBN: 0750932783
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated, horizontal quarto, pp xvi, 176, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Capturing the drama and tragedy of the 1922 and 1924 expeditions on Everest the first to venture upon the highest mountain on earth, Everest Pioneer features the best of the pictures of Captain John Noel, official photographer to the expeditions.] View more info
By: Perry, Richard
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London, Lindsay Drummond: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000615
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp 173, folding map, some uneven browing to endpapers otherwise a very good copy in a slightly worn and chipped dustwrapper which has been severely price-clipped. View more info
