Mountaineering from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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The Ascent of Everest
by Hunt, John (Brigadier Sir)
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- Reprint
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Diagrammatic. with index, appendices, glossary, eight pages in colour, and numerous other pages in black-and-white. Illustrated dust jacket (wraparound) with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This is… Read more about this item Item Price
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rock climbing  moving up the grades  expert techniques to take your skills to new levels
by Creasey, Malcolm with Shepherd, Nigel & Banks, Nick & Gresham, Neil & Wood, Ray
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards)
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- 9781842153284
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€15.46
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Southwater, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photography & coloured drawings. no damage to the dust jacket, no damage to the matching illustrated hardcover binding, no annotations. The book is aimed at climbers with previous outdoor experience who wish to develop their skills and take their pursuit to… Read more about this item Item Price
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an introduction to rock climbing  from first steps and safety to learning rope work and abseiling
by Creasey, Malcolm with Shepherd, Nigel & Gresham, Neil
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards)
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- 9781842153284
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€15.46
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Southwater, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photography & coloured drawings. no damage to the dust jacket, no damage to the matching illustrated hardcover binding, no annotations. a concise and comprehensive introduction to the sport of rock climbing covering every aspect essential for getting started: from choosing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
by Krakauer, Jon
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Reprint
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- 1997
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- Softcover
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- 9780333717523
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Macmillan, London, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, author's note and selected bibliography. Between pages 136 and 137 there are six pages of colour photography. At the beginning of each chapter there is a black and white woodcut. Colour photographic paperback binding with blue, orange and white coloured titles to… Read more about this item Item Price
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South West climbs  a selection of fine rock climbs from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Jersey
by Littlejohn, Pat
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Reprint
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- 2002
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- Softcover (with flaps)
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- 9781898573470
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Baton Wicks Publications, London, 2002. Reprint. Softcover (with flaps). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Black-and-white photographs, maps, and route maps overlaid over photographs. Secondhand copy, no damage, no annotations. The publisher on the title page is diadem, and there is a sticker on the copyright page indicating that this is a reprint with copyright renewed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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South Esk : a chronicle of discovery, 1972-2002
by McMahon, Robert ( Rob ) & Narkowicz, Gerry
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Softcover
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- 9780957817937
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€37.10
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Climb Tasmania Inc, Exeter, Tasmania, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographs & maps and route overlays. Secondhand copy, no damage, inscription from Gerry to the previous owner on the title page. Mainly illustrated with black-and-white photography, but there are some colour plates. The area discussed in this book is the gateway… Read more about this item Item Price
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Holy lands & hilly lands  wanderings in Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and America
by McMahon, Bob
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Softcover
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- 9780957817920
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Oriel, Exeter, Tasmania, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Secondhand copy, no damage to the cover, no damage to the book. Signed and dated 19/7/2002 by the author on the first page. Climbing small hills and escarpments around the world, from the northern hemisphere through to the southern hemisphere, the author also has… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thin White Line
by Cave, Andy
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780091795726
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Hutchinson, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Mr illustrations, author's note and index. Dark blue coloured endpages. The text is illustrated with two inserts, of eight pages each of colour (majority) and black-and-white photographs. Blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. This… Read more about this item Item Price
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the mountaintop  an illustrated anthology from the prose and pictures of Frank S Smyth
by Smythe, Frank
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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St Hugh's Press, London, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs. dust jacket darkened on the spine and at the top left of the rear panel, rubbing/chipping to the top of the jacket at the spine, and matching damage to the top of the hardcover spine section. Dust jacket illustrated with a photograph,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Unclimbed New Zealand. Alpine Travel in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps
by Pascoe, John
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- Second Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.37
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George Allen & Unwin, London, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographs & drawings. Illustrated with 32 plates & a folding map of the mid southern alps, South Island, N. Z.. Offset tanning of the front end page, the previous owner's bookplate and name on the front end page. No other damage to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dougal Haston In High Places
by Connor, Jeff
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Reprint
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- 2003
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- Softcover
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- 9781841953403
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Canongate, London, 2003. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographs. The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering, Haston remains a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sport Climb with Robyn Erbesfield (Climbing Specialists)
by Erbesfield, Robyn & Boga, Steve
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Softcover
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- 9780811729307
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€8.43
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Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Philippe Poulet  Photographer and Illustrations. acknowledgements, introduction by author, glossary and resources. The text is illustrated with colour photography, taken by Philippe Poulet, and, black-and-white illustrations. Colour photographic paperback binding with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington
by Bonington, Chris
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780340169728
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, climbing record and index. The text is illustrated with three inserts, of eight pages each of black-and-white and colour photography with various maps within the text. Blue coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Condition of Ice
by Burns, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780436199899
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Secker & Warburg, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Blue coloured endpapers, with blue coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper (background) with light-coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. … Read more about this item Item Price
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White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt Everest
by Hall, Lincoln
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated boards)
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- 9780949708199
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€24.73
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Kevin Weldon, McMahons Point, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. 262 pp, index; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in dustwrapper, glossary; Slight edgewear to base of dustwrapper. A personal account of heroic adventure; In 1984 five young men made the first all-Australian attempt to climb Everest, climbing… Read more about this item Item Price
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the mountains the Bush & the sea  a photographic report
by Pascoe, John
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Poor Condition
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover (Cloth backed boards)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€49.47
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Whitcombe & Tombs, Christchurch, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Cloth backed boards). Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: John Pascoe  photography. Inscribed by Author. the dust jacket is torn, taped, and chipped. The book has the publishers pasted label on the spine, which has slight loss just above the word mountains. Pasted to the front end page… Read more about this item Item Price
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High Time
by Hillary, Louise
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780340158784
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs. written by the wife of Sir Edmund Hillary, the book has a dust jacket that has been price clipped at the top and bottom of the fold over, and has the top edge of the jacket slightly rubbed. Faint traces… Read more about this item Item Price
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Commando Climber
by Banks, Mike
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- Used - Good Condition
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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J. M. Dent, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. the biography of a British marine commando and mountaineers, written while he was stationed on the north-east coast of Greenland with lots of time on his hand. the author opined that the lesson he really learned while writing the book was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Paths of Glory
by Archer, Jeffrey
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780230531437
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.28
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Macmillan, London, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrated end pages showing the routes taken by Mallory and Irvine to ascend Mount Everest. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and pale yellow coloured titles to the front panel and white… Read more about this item Item Price
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On Foot in the Cairngorms
by Firsoff, V A
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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W & R Chambers, Edinburgh, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Slight rubbing of the edges of the spine section of the jacket. Some discolouration of the rear panel of the jacket. The book itself shows no damage. Clean and bright. On Foot in the Cairngorms, a companion volume to On Ski in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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