Mountains with a Difference by Young, Geoffrey Winthrop - 1951

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Published. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates. News clipping stuck to gutter at title page. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains very firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Odhams Press Limited, 1937. First thus . Hard. Good. 8vo, 9 3/4. Good. Red cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. General wear and light markings on faded cloth covers. Corners little bumped. Page browning internally. Page edges have a light tan.1284pp.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951, first edition, first printing. Green cloth hardback in good condition; color fade to cover edges. Price-clipped dust jacket is in good- condition with small chips at corners & spine ends, soiling to rear panel. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 282 pp. Young lost a leg in World War I; these are his climbs in the Alps with an artificial leg.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 8vo. plain library binding (ex-Boots library, with stamp to upper panel & eyelet to headcap, upper hinge cracked, a few leaf edge spots, else clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 282, with 14 plates. A reading copy of an uncommon work. [Neate Y20: Account of his climbs with an artificial leg, after 1918. Includes the dedication of the Fell & Rock war memorial on Great Gable].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.

Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacks d/w: all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 8vo. original green cloth (sunned & marked, small wear to extremities & other spots, ex-Boots library, with label to upper board, prev. owner's name to FFE ('J.H.Swift, 29-5-56', ex-CUMC), some fore-edge spotting & occ. mark, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 282, with 14 plates. A good copy of an uncommon work. [Neate Y20: Account of his climbs with an artificial leg, after 1918. Includes the dedication of the Fell & Rock war memorial on Great Gable].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 VG/G+. 8vo. original green cloth (sunned & a little marked, some leaf edge tanning, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & frayed, slight chipping to spine, extensive tape repairs); pp. xii, 282, with 14 plates. A very good copy of an uncommon work, in a worn dustwrapper. [Neate Y20: Account of his climbs with an artificial leg, after 1918. Includes the dedication of the Fell & Rock war memorial on Great Gable].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/G+.