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Abode of Snow : A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering by Mason, Kenneth - 1955

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Abode of Snow : A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

by Mason, Kenneth

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E P Dutton & Co Inc. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Dustjacket is tattered at edges and rubbed along spine edges. Boards edgeworn. Former owner's writing on ffep. ; 8.75" tall .
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  • Book Condition Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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  • Publisher E P Dutton & Co Inc
  • Date Published 1955

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Abode of Snow, A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

Abode of Snow, A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

by Mason, Kenneth

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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, the mountaineers.
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Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

by Mason, Kenneth

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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, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some edge rubbing and other wear, very little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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abode of snow a history of himalayan exploration and mountaineering

by mason,kenneth

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rupert hart-davis, 1955 hardback book in good to very good condition,solid binding,fade to spine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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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 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].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.
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Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

by Mason, Kenneth

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Hardcover
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9780906371916
ISBN 10
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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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Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

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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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