Description:
Lyons Press, 2000-01-01. paperback. Good. 84x20x128.
Search Results: five miles high the story of
You searched for:
- Title: five miles high the story of
- Author: bates robert h
Results 1 - 10 of 10
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Five Miles High: The Thrilling True Story of the First American Expedition to K2
by Bates, Robert H.; Houston, Charles S.; Wickwire, Jim [Foreword]
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781585740512 / 1585740519
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Kingwood, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
€11.27FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
€11.27
FREE shipping to USA
More Photos
Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H. Bates, Richard L. Burdsall, William P House et al
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
- Item Price
-
€83.29FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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.
Item Price
€83.29
FREE shipping to USA
Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H. Bates
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
€84.48€4.26 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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.
Item Price
€84.48
€4.26
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Five Miles High: The Thrilling True Story of the First American Expedition to K2
by Bates, Robert H.; Houston, Charles S.; Wickwire, Jim [Foreword]
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781585740512 / 1585740519
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
€100.00€5.16 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Lyons Press, 2000-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Item Price
€100.00
€5.16
shipping to USA
More Photos
Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the Members of the first American Karakoram Expedition -- FIRST USA EDITION
by Bates, Robert H. & Richard Burdsall & Charles Houston & Paul Petzoldt
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
€137.26€4.61 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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 Item Price
€137.26
€4.61
shipping to USA
Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Bates, Robert H. (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - G
- Edition
- First UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
- Item Price
-
€216.30€25.96 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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.
Item Price
€216.30
€25.96
shipping to USA
More Photos
Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World By the Members of the first American Karakoram Expedition -- FIRST USA EDITION
by Bates, Robert H. & Richard Burdsall & Charles Houston & Paul Petzoldt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
€279.25€4.61 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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 Item Price
€279.25
€4.61
shipping to USA
More Photos
Five Miles High The Story of An Attack On The Second Highest Mountain in the world by the Members of The First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H bates Et Al
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€295.97€20.07 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Robert Hale Limited. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in red coloured cloth boards with bright silver title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Maps as endpapers.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.There is just one small previous owner's stamp to the rear pastedown.Illustrated with 31 wonderful photographic plates from photographs taken by members of the expedition.Top edge of the book is stained red as issued and the binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.There is a little light spotting to the fore-edge of the book.Uncommon title and highly sought after,8vo 319pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1940] Neate Page 96pp . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1940.
Item Price
€295.97
€20.07
shipping to USA
More Photos
Five Miles High; The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Robert H. Bates, Richard L. Burdsall, William P. House, Charles S. Houston, Paul K. Petzoldt, Norman R. Streatfeild
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Item Price
-
€378.64€6.63 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 381pp. Red cloth in rare dust jacket. 32 pages of photographs. Fold-out temperature chart. Map endpapers. Illustrated with photographs taken by members of the expedition. First edition with same date on title and copyright page and no additional printings noted. Dust jacket extensively chipped and with a ~ 8 x 8 cm piece out of the front cover of the jacket. Original price of $4.00 present on front flap. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Jill 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. Attempted ascent of K2.
Item Price
€378.64
€6.63
shipping to USA
Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the First American Karakoram Expedition
by Bates, Robert H.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- First UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
- Item Price
-
€463.50€25.96 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Robert Hale, 1940 VG+/G+. 8vo. original pink cloth (slight mark to exposed cloth at tail cap, a few small tape marks to endpapers, slight spine slant, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed with chipping to spine ends, most noticeably 3cm at tail, but still presentable); pp. 320 (last blank), with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy in the uncommon pictorial dustwrapper. [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.]. First UK. Hard Cover. VG+/G+.
Item Price
€463.50
€25.96
shipping to USA