No latitude for error / Sir Edmund Hillary. by Edmund Hillary 1919-2008 - 1961

London : Cassell, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 337p. : plates (part col.) ports., maps ; 23cm. Subjects: Trans-Antarctic Expedition, (1955-1958).

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. Reprint. Softcover. Good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 224 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Subjects; Biographies and obituaries.Mountaineering; history. Biographies: Hillary, Edmund Percival. Mountaineering; memoirs.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1977. 6th impression. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 319p,[32]p of plates : ill(some col), maps, ports(some col) ; 24cm. Subjects; Hillary, Edmund Sir Studies. Hillary, Edmund Sir 1919-2008. Mountaineers New Zealand ; Biography. Mountaineering. Mountaineers New Zealand ; Biography.

London : Quality Book Club, 1964. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 180 pages ; 22cm. Subjects: Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition (1963). Education -- Nepal.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 319 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Hillary, Edmund 1919-2008. Mountaineers New Zealand ; Biography.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Hardcover. Folio; G/G+; Hardcover with DJ; Portfolio spine brown with white print; Portfolio folds around book with top and bottom book edges exposed, plastic peg and loop closure, in brown cloth with white print, toning to spine, peripheral toning, short tear at bottom of one hinge, else clean and strong; DJ has slight tear at top of spine, else clean and bright; Boards in white cloth with black print, clean and strong; Text block has spine break at start of section "Sikkim Himalayas", else clean and tight; unpaged, chiefly illustrations (color plates, some folded). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. 1344809. FP New Rockville Stock.

Garden City, N.Y. ; Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Minor library marks remain internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 180 pages ; 22cm. Subjects: Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition (1963). Education -- Nepal.

London, Cassell, 1958. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked and somewhat dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 337 pages; Description: xv, 337 p. Plates (part col. ) ports. , maps. 23 cm. Subjects: Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) . Copiously illustrated in full, vibrant color.

London : Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 309 p. : ill (some col), coat of arms, maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Hillary, Edmund - 1919-2008. Mountaineers - New Zealand ; Biography. Mountaineering.

London : Cassell, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xv, 337p. : plates (part col.) ports., maps ; 23cm. Subjects: Trans-Antarctic Expedition, (1955-1958).

Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.

New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More

New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition

New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).

RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.. 1st edition. The second book in the Thomas Paine Kydd series, in which Kydd is an able seaman aboard the frigate Artemis. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. unclipped dustwrapper.