Abode Of Snow, a History Of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 372 pp, with illustrations and index. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, large bookplate on front pastedown. Binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewar and has a vertical spine crease. Includes discussion of Jesuit travelers in the Himalaya, exploration by British Army officers and surveyors, and, of course,… Read more about this item

London: Diadem Books, 1987 F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xviii (last blank), 366, with 82 plates & 16 maps/diagrams, + a loosely enclosed corrections slip. A fine copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated dustjacket. The book has edgewear with additional rubbing to spine ends and uneven spine fading, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to endpapers, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on half-title,… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 8vo. original green cloth gilt (ex-library, with rsm's to endpapers, title page & fore-edge, otherwise clean & crisp internally. Portions of dustwrapper pasted to front board & FFE. Large library cat. no. on spine); pp. xii (last blank), 372, with 21 plates & 16 maps/diagrams. A good reading copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 VG/VG. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (bookplate & prev. owner's details to front pastedown, some spotting to fore-edge & outer leaves) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed & creased with some fraying); pp. xii (last blank), 372, with 21 plates & 16 maps/diagrams. A very good copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His… Read more about this item

rupert hart-davis, 1955 hardback book in good to very good condition,solid binding,fade to spine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.