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Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Collins. 1946. F Second Printing Used. H Hardcover. Very Good. In blue and white jacket over matching boards, 4to, 47pp. (light shelfwear and toning to jacket extremities)

London, UK: William Collins, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942, 1946 Printing. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/VG; w/edge rubs to leading edges & price strike-out to rear inner flap. Showing discoloration to fEP w/PO name (Miss Helen Jolly), title page, and rear endpaper from once embedded clippings. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, member of the 3 Mount Everest expeditions of 1933, 1936 & 1938, Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) relates history of, and personal experiences from, early days of the Alpine Club, which he joined in 1902. Illustrated archival illustrations w/8 color plates & 24 illustrations in b/w. 48 pgs in 5 chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal… Read More

Britain In Pictures Publishers. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (britain, mountaineering, hiking, nature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Collins, 1946. 48pp. 8 colour plates, 22 black and white plates. No 22 in 'Britain In Pictures' Light green boards and matching d.j. Nice copy with a slightly rubbed d.j. and spine foot. From the library of the Grand Prix author Louis Stanley and signed by him.. association copy. second impression. hard back. Fine/V G rubbed. large 8vo.

London: Collins, 1946 8vo. original green pictorial boards (worn along edges and corners, splitting along spine, some damp staining; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A reading copy. [Neate S112]. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. G-/No Jacket.

Bahamas: Britain in Pictures Publishers, 1942 nd. [1942]. 8vo. original paper covered boards (a little rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A near fine copy. [Neate S112]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.

London: Collins, 1946. 48, 8 col plates, 18 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. A well-preserved copy.. Second impression (first published 1942)..

London, UK: William Collins, 1942. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942 First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Spot to fEP. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, long advocate of mountain climbing not led by guides, and, member of the 3 Mount Everest expeditions of 1933, 1936 & 1938, Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) relates history of, and personal experiences from, early days of the Alpine Club, which he joined in 1902. Illustrated archival illustrations w/8 color plates & 24 illustrations in b/w. 48 pgs in 5 chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal Adventure.

London: Collins, 1946 VG/VG. 8vo. original green pictorial boards (some wear along top edge, prev. owner's name, endpapers slightly offset & marked) in dustwrapper (rubbed & slightly marked, backstrip a little tanned; pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A very good copy. [Neate S112]. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Collins 1946. (Hardcover) 48pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrated cover, 8 color plates, illustrations, bibliography. Minor edgewear and chipping to dust jacket. Edited by W.J. Turner. Publisher series: Britain in Pictures (History and Achievement). Locale:. (Travel, Mountaineering).

Bahamas: Britain in Pictures Publishers, 1942 nd. [1942]. F-/VG+. 8vo. original paper covered boards (prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed, spine slightly tanned); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A near fine copy. [Neate S112]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

London: William Collins, 1946 8 colour plates,22 illustrations in black/white.Some wear to edges of dust wrapper and on boards. Some loss to jacket spine at top and in middle, around 1"/3cm missing on both at spine tail but still a really lovely clean, bright,tight copy. Jacket not priced. Charming little neat ,tiny list in pencil on first pastedown in child's handwriting of list of members of 19th Wolverhampton Girl Guides, dated July1948! Offset tanning from jacket flaps on pastedowns. 48pp. Size: 8vo. 2nd Impression.. Blue/White Decorative Boards. Good/Fair. Illus. by Colour Plates, black and white Illustrations, Photographs.. Hardback.