South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953
by Noyce, Wilfrid
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Limited, 1954 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (head cap a trifle frayed with minor loss, rubbing to extremities); pp. xx, 304 (last blank), with 4 colour plates, 48 black & white plates, 5 maps & 16 drawings. A near fine copy. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. Illus. by A.J.Veilhan.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007420
- Title
- South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953
- Author
- Noyce, Wilfrid
- Illustrator
- A.J.Veilhan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Wilfrid Noyce South Col Everest Nepal Himalaya Mountaineering John Hunt Ed Hillary Tenzing Norgay
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...