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Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition by Bates, Robert H.; Burdsall, Richard L.; House, William P.; Houston, Charles S.; Petzoldt, Paul K.; Steatfeild, Norman R.; [Lowe, George] - 1940
by Bates, Robert H.; Burdsall, Richard L.; House, William P.; Houston, Charles S.; Petzoldt, Paul K.; Steatfeild, Norman R.; [Lowe, George]
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Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Bates, Robert H.; Burdsall, Richard L.; House, William P.; Houston, Charles S.; Petzoldt, Paul K.; Steatfeild, Norman R.; [Lowe, George]
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London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1940 Illustrated from photographs taken by members of the expedition. First English edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate and ownership inscription: "W.G. Lowe. / 1953. / from John Pascoe / Wellington N.Z." with additional inscription by fellow New Zealand author and mountaineer John Pascoe: "John Pascoe / rule / c/o Dept. Internal Affairs / Wellington." Publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver, pictorial endpapers illustrated with maps of the Himalayas and K2. A good copy, with lean to spine, fading and a few spots of soiling to boards, some wear and rubbing, spine cracked but holding, with Pascoe's review for Five Miles High and the dust jacket front flap and panel adhered to inside pages. Overall, a presentable copy, with an excellent association. George Lowe acquired this book from John Pascoe in 1953 - the same year as the British Mount Everest Expedition that saw Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay make the first successful summit. A writer and outdoor enthusiast, Pascoe made several notable climbs in New Zealand and wrote his own books on mountaineering. Five Miles High is an account of the 1938 American Karakoram Expedition, which sought to summit K2, the world's second highest mountain. Specifically, the expedition members take turns narrating the excursion from their preparatory planning through their final descent. In addition to their narratives, Five Miles High includes comprehensive appendices that describe even the smallest technical details of the trip, including a summary of the climbing activities, a breakdown of what food was brought and in what quantities, type of equipment, financials, transportation, and weather. . Signed. 1st English Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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Five Miles High: The Thrilling True Story of the First American Expedition to K2
by Bates, Robert H.; Houston, Charles S.; Wickwire, Jim [Foreword]
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Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H. Bates, Richard L. Burdsall, William P House et al
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition, 1939. Compelling story of this expedition illustrated in black and white from photographs taken expedition members. Red cloth, map endpapers, no dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers and other lettering on spine in white ink, spine a little faded, good hinges, sound text block, school library stamps on front free endpaper and half-title, "donated by" bookplate inside front cover, no patrons pocket on rear endpapers, gift notation on verso of front free endpaper, private owner red Asian style square stamp on half-title, pages a little age-toned but clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
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Dodd, Mead & Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket. book is somewhat shelfworn and corners a bit bumped. covers may be a bit scuffed and outer edge of page block somewhat dusty/discolored with age. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. there are no marks to the text. pages a bit discolored with age. spine somewhat sun faded. staining to covers which has caused some red to bleed onto outer page block.
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Five Miles High: The Thrilling True Story of the First American Expedition to K2
by Bates, Robert H.; Houston, Charles S.; Wickwire, Jim [Foreword]
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Lyons Press, 2000-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the Members of the first American Karakoram Expedition -- FIRST USA EDITION
by Bates, Robert H. & Richard Burdsall & Charles Houston & Paul Petzoldt
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. LACKING the rare dust jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering spine. The spine cloth is faded and stained near the top with that stain extending to the upper rear cover. The spine lettering has darkened to brown. Spine ends are frayed with loss at the tips. The word, "morphine", penned on the top of the front pastedown, otherwise there are no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, pages are not stained or marked, no foxing, solid binding, complete with all pages and photos/maps, no restorations. Book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. USA edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 47 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. UK edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 33 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves.…
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Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Bates, Robert H. (ed.)
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London: Robert Hale, 1940 8vo. green cloth gilt (one-time rebind, possibly ex-Boots library with eyelet to headcap, paperstock trimmed, endpapers renewed and very faint label mark to upper board, backstrip faded with trifling wear to headcap, faint offsetting and neat archive tape strengthening to inner hinges, attractive bookplate ('G. Kirk') and other provenance information to FFE, small texter mark to tail edge, occ. tiny mark, else internally clean); pp. 320 (last blank), with illustrations. A good clean copy. Flatsigned to title page 'Robert H. Bates', addtionally signed and dated to FFE, 'Richard K. Irwin October 1958', who was part of the successful first ascent team on Hidden Peak (Gasherbum I). [Neate B58: This expedition set the standards for American Himalayan mountaineering; and the book is counted as one of the classics of American climbing literature.]. Signed by Author. First UK. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.
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Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition; Illustrations from photographs taken by members of the expedition
by Bates, Robert H., Richard L. Burdsall, William P. House, Charles S. Houston, Paul K. Petzoldt, and Capt. Norman R. Streatfeild
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Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1939. First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 381 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet, about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth (spine faded, spots of discoloration along rear joint), gilt spine title (dull). (#8421).
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Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the Members of the first American Karakoram Expedition -- FIRST USA EDITION
by Bates, Robert H. & Richard Burdsall & Charles Houston & Paul Petzoldt
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. REBOUND in red cloth that closely matches the original, spine lettered in gilt closely matching the original, original map EPs preserved and placed in new cover exactly as they were in the original. BOOK CONDITION: covers are in new condition with no soiling, no rubbing, no fading. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, NOT ex-library, tight binding, no foxing, no creased or folded pages, complete with no missing pages, no missing plates, no missing charts or maps, page 377 has two 15mm chips in outside margin (no loss of text), the map on the rear end-page has some rubbing and scuffs (see photo). As usual, LACKING the original dust jacket. Book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. USA edition has b/w photo frontispiece and…
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Five Miles High The Story of An Attack On The Second Highest Mountain in the world by the Members of The First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H bates Et Al
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London: Robert Hale Limited. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in red coloured cloth boards with bright silver title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Maps as endpapers.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.There is just one small previous owner's stamp to the rear pastedown.Illustrated with 31 wonderful photographic plates from photographs taken by members of the expedition.Top edge of the book is stained red as issued and the binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.There is a little light spotting to the fore-edge of the book.Uncommon title and highly sought after,8vo 319pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1940] Neate Page 96pp . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1940.
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Five Miles High; The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H. Bates, Richard L. Burdsall, William P. House, Charles S. Houston, Paul K. Petzoldt, Norman R. Streatfeild
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 381pp. Red cloth in rare dust jacket. 32 pages of photographs. Fold-out temperature chart. Map endpapers. Illustrated with photographs taken by members of the expedition. First edition with same date on title and copyright page and no additional printings noted. Dust jacket extensively chipped and with a ~ 8 x 8 cm piece out of the front cover of the jacket. Original price of $4.00 present on front flap. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Jill Neate B58: This expedition set the standards for American Himalayan Mountaineering; and the book is counted as one of the classics of American climbing literature. Attempted ascent of K2.
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