Five Miles High by Robert H. Bates, Richard > Burdsall, William P. House et al - 1939: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the First American Karakoram Expedition

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Globe Pequot Press, The, 2000. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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.

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.

Lyons Press, 2000-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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.… Read More

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).

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.

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… Read More