Kingdom of Adventure: Everest, A Chronicle of Man's Assault on the Earth's Highest Mountain
by Ullman, James Ramsey
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Salone Associates, Inc, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
First American edition preceding English. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 8vo; 409 pages with an index. Illustrated with 30 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Ref: Neate 842; Krawczyk 1021; Book Review Digest. The author joins numerous passages by Bruce, Mallory, Norton, Odell, Scott and Young from Everest narratives with his linking text.
One of the most enjoyable books on Everest yet written.
First American edition preceding English. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 8vo; 409 pages with an index. Illustrated with 30 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Ref: Neate 842; Krawczyk 1021; Book Review Digest. The author joins numerous passages by Bruce, Mallory, Norton, Odell, Scott and Young from Everest narratives with his linking text.
One of the most enjoyable books on Everest yet written.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008708
- Title
- Kingdom of Adventure: Everest, A Chronicle of Man's Assault on the Earth's Highest Mountain
- Author
- Ullman, James Ramsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Salone Associates, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Mountaineering; Asia; Adventure
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