Search Results: Titles starting with U from NZ Story

'Alpine Travel in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps', with 34 illustrations and map

1950. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. 244 pages with a foldout map at the hinge and 34 early b&w photos; Tightly bound but foxed, esp fore-edge & prelims, also with partially whited-out penned name as well as a pasted in name-stamp on fep, cover edges rubbed, dw complete but spoiled and brittle either due to or following an amateurish tape strengthening of all edges, both sides and a slight tear to foldout map. While still substantially good condition for age, the initial impression is slightly worse Renowned photographer-mountaineer, practising first in the Canterbury region before pioneering the glaciers of Westland (Rangitata Valley etc) in the 1930's, with lots of deep exploration knowledge & history to draw on

Illustrated with photographs, and a trade route map inside front and back covers

Prepared for Publication by the National Library Centre under the direction of A.G. Bagnall.

1973. First edition. Softcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped. Sl worn & crinkled. A good reading copy ,with a clear protector over the cover and taped down inside. A task force report sponsored by The Rockefeller Brothers Fund