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London: B.T. Batsford. VG. 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in red cloth. Very Good condition. The book has fa ding to the covers. Bumps/fray to the corners. Rubbing to the head and base of the spine. The endpapers are tanned. No dust jacket. Includes black & white photos. .
A History of British Mountaineering by Irving, R. L. G - 1955
by Irving, R. L. G
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A History of British Mountaineering
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London: B. T. Batsford, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Clean blue boards with red lettering on spine. Two very tiny bumps to bottom of front board edge, no fraying or wear-through at all on this book. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Well-illustrated with glossy black & white photographs (65 illustrations of the mountains and their climbers). 240 pages with index. Jacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and a few light scratches; jacket design is "The Ascent of Mont Blanc: TheGlacier Du Tacconay," from a lithograph by George Baxter, 1856. Now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Publisher B. T. Batsford
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1955
- Keywords BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING, HISTORY OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, ADVENTURE, R.L.G. IRVING, FIRST EDITION
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A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 8 1/2, 240 pgs, b&w photos. A charting of the physical and spiritual course of the movement of british mountaineering.
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A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING
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BATSFORD, 1955 HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET IS VRRY GOOD,FIRST PUBLISHED 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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A History of British Mountaineering.
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London:: B. T. Batsford,, [1955].. First edition.. original cloth in dust jacket.. Fine in a near fine jacket.. 8vo,. 16 plates. Neate I14.
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A History of British Mountaineering
by Irving, R.L.G. [Robert Lock Graham]
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London: B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1955 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a little rubbed, prev. owner's rsm to first leaf; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last blank), 240, with 65 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate I14].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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A History of British Mountaineering
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 9" x 6". xv, 240 pages, 65 black and white illustrations, handsome dw from a lithograph by George Baxter, 1856 "The Ascent of Mont Blanc: The Glacier Du Tacconay"..
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A History of British Mountaineering
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London: B. T. Batsford, 1955 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xv (i), 239 (1) pp, + 30 pages and 65 illus. First Edition, 1955 [Neate #403]. Not Price Clipped. Inked name front pastedown. A few small closed tears with some scuffed edges. Only the faintest wear to fore-edge corner tips, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight and clean text. 6.25" x 9". Red cloth with black lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The author traces the history of advances in British mountain climbing circles during the two centuries that led up to conquering the summit of Everest in 1953. From the first journeys into the Alps, the discovery of Chamonix and the ascents of Mont Blanc, the Jungfrau, Eiger, Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn until Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay finally reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953 during the expedition led by Brigadier John Hunt.".
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A History of British Mountaineering
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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London: B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1955 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. ownership details to front endpapers, some leaf edge spotting) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, with wear to extremities); pp. xvi (last blank), 240, with 65 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate I14].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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A History of British Mountaineering.
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1955. B.T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1955. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Illustrated. Very clean copy in attractive but slightly worn wrapper with discreet tape repairs to reverse.
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A History of British Mountaineering
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 240pp. Illustrated with black and white plates, engravings by Whymper. Fine in near fine modestly edgeworn dustwrapper with small nicks on spine ends.
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