No Place For Men

Nicolas Vane in association with A. H. & A. W. Reed, London and Wellington, 1965. Reprinted. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and line Drawings. Signed by Author. 450 g; 200 pages, last page blank, includes index, and appendices. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, photographic end page at the front, and map at the back. The… Read more about this item

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed , 1964. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. Illus. eps. 199 pp. includes Glossary, Appendix, The Expedition & Index. B/w photos, illus. & diagrams. Small sticker mark to top corner of Ffep. DJ is chipped along top edge, light wear to lower edge. To climb 27,790-foot Makalu without oxygen, to carry… Read more about this item

Nicholas Vane, 1965. 1st UK ed G+ as ex library with usual stamps, otherwise a VG copy VG dw. account of Hillary's expedition to Makalu in 1960, searching for the yeti, and a look at effects of high altitude climbing without oxygen, author was severely crippled by frostbite [Neate M173]

Nicholas Vane, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Reprinted. 199 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964 Pictorial endpapers, b&w illstns. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY WHO FEATURES LARGELY IN THIS BOOK. Very tidy, slight fading to spine tips, small ink mark to bottom edges. Dust jacket is unclipped, corner wear, tiny edge tears, unfaded, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve.

Nicholas Vane, 1965. Very good. Reprinted. Dust jacket: Very good..

Australia: Reed, 1964. A first edition, first printing published by Reed in 1964. A near fine book with previous owner's name and date written neatly to the rear of the front free end paper. Some slight bumping to the head of the spine. Clean internally with photographic and illustrated end papers. In a like unclipped wrapper. Peter Mulgrew was… Read more about this item

London: Nicholas Vane, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. SECOND PRINTING of First UK Edition 1965. The UK edition has 28 more photos than the USA edition. Original blue boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in clean condition with no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. Probably… Read more about this item

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. pp.199 includes Glossary, Appendix, The Expedition & Index. B/w Photos, Illustrations & Diagrams. Spine lightened. Contents clean, binding firm. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed on title page by Sir Edmund Hillary and by Peter's wife June Mulgrew (who he credits in the work as co-author). After Peter's death in Antarctica years later, June married Hillary. NOT signed by Peter Mulgrew. A very good copy of the first edition… Read more about this item

Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1964 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (school prize bookplate to half-title, small mark to boards) in dustwrapper (extremities a little frayed, short closed tear to upper hinge, some light creasing to rear panel); pp. 200 (last blank), with pictorial endpapers, numerous illustrations & 2 diagrams. A very good copy. [Neate M173: Account of Hillary's… Read more about this item

Auckland: Collins Fontana Silver Fern, 1975 Card covers, b&w illstns. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY WHO FEATURES LARGELY IN THIS BOOK. Tidy and tight, faint foxing in foredges.

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964 Pictorial endpapers, b&w illstns. Just light toning in endpapers. Intact dust jacket with 2 small edge tears.

Vane / Reed, 1965. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 199pp, 24pp b/w plates, 2 maps, a nice copy dust jacket rubbed at the edges. Account of the 1960 expedition to conquer 27790ft Malaku. It cost the author his feet, most of his fingers & nearly his life. The expedition was led by Hillary.

Nicholas Vane, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Reprint. 199 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards… Read more about this item

London: Nicholas Vane (Publishers) Ltd, 1965 G/G. 8vo. plain black rexine (ex-library with usual rsms. etc to outer leaves, half-title excised, else clean) in dustwrapper (flaps trimmed & taped to endpapers, edges a little rubbed, spine label); pp. 200 (last blank), with pictorial endpapers, numerous illustrations & 2 diagrams. A reading copy. [Neate M173: Account of Hillary's 1960 expedition to… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1964 dust jacket complete but with rubbed and chipped corners and chipping loss to head of spine, split along ends of fore edge folds, spine titling is fading to white, BOOK is tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1964 DW complete but with splits / tears to the corners and light chipping to spine ends and folds with some associated crease marks, spine titling is white, BOOK is tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1964 F-/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (slight leaf edge speckling) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & creased); pp. 200 (last blank), with pictorial endpapers, numerous illustrations & 2 diagrams. A very good copy. [Neate M173: Account of Hillary's 1960 expedition to Makalu, experimenting with the effects of high altitude climbing without oxygen. The author… Read more about this item

Reed 1964. octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost