Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
by Mason, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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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 book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration].. Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007070
- Title
- Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
- Author
- Mason, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Kenneth Mason Abode Snow History Himalayan Exploration
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...