Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937 VG/VG-. 8vo. original aquamarine cloth gilt (some grubby marks to cloth, endpapers and fore-edge of final leaves, a few spots to leaf edges, else clean) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a bit marked, with a few spots to flaps, silverfish damage to edges with some loss to top edge of rear panel, particularly lower fore-corner); pp. xiv [last blank], 236 [last colophon), with 36 illustrations & 2 maps. A very good copy in a worn, but scarce dustwrapper. [Neate T35: Account of first ascent by Tilman and Odell, members of the British-American 1936 expedition].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG-.

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Bookseller: Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007758
Title: The Ascent of Nanda Devi.
Author: Tilman, H. W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG
Jacket Condition: VG-
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1937
Keywords: Tilman Garhwal Uttarakhand Nanda Devi India

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