Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
by Mason, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0906371910
- ISBN 13
- 9780906371916
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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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 entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration]. This edition contains numerous illustrations not in the original edition, and a foreword by Doug Scott.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F/F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010113
- Title
- Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
- Author
- Mason, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0906371910
- ISBN 13
- 9780906371916
- Publisher
- Diadem Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Kenneth Mason Abode Snow History Himalayan Exploration
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