Search Results: caves of adventure by haroun tazieff

New York: Harper & Bros. (1953), 222pp, illus. by photos, black cloth, some soiling to cover, light crease mark to lower corner of front cover, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

Harper & Bros. NY, 1953 Cloth. VG+/VG+. First edition..

New York: Harper, 1953. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has refurbished wear and tears mostly along edges and corners. Book is well preserved. ; Book Description Mylar and paper (Demco) protective cover. Dust jacket is intact with some nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages DQ2.

Hamish Hamilton, 1/1/1953 12:00:00 AM. hardcover. Good. . noticeable wear, tear and creasing. pages yellowed

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing and edge wear. "The National Geographic film The Violent Earth was based on Tazieff's expeditions to the volcanoes, Mount Etna, Sicily in 1971 and Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo in 1972 in which he attempted, unsuccessfully, to descend into the active lava lake in order to collect samples something he had managed to achieve on a previous expedition in 1959. He participated in the first detailed exploration of the "Saint-Martin" La Verna cave system in the French Pyrenees. In 1952,… Read More

London: Scientific Book Club. Translated from the French. Speleology or caving as it is popularly known. Black & white photos. Page edges slightly spotted. Dustwrapper slightly chipped . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.

Viking Explorer Books. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very Good

Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st Eng ed G++ as ex library with usual stamps no dw. accounts of underground expeditions in 1951 and 1952 exploring the caves of Pierre St-Martin in the French Pyrenees

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953. Translated from the French by Alan Hodge. 222 pp. Beige endpapers. Quarter black cloth with gilt titles and green boards. Light wear along the edges. Green DJ with b/w photo. Yellowed spine, a few small stains, small chips and wear along the edges. VG-/VG-. First Edition.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little fraying to the spine ends and a circular mark to the middle of the upper panel. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Gift inscription to the first blank. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5½” (0.6 kg); 139pp; Translated by Alan Hodge; Contains: Black & white photographs; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #183113|| Condition: