At grips with Everest; by Snaith, Stanley - 1937-01-01

Oxford University Press, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 258 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Front free endpaper appears to have been removed. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning. Minor dark marking to surfaces.

London: Oxford University Press. Good; Bottom Portion of Spine Slightly Torn. 1938. Hardback. 258 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. 258pp [1939 ink owner inscription on front free endpaper; some mild edge wear to covers]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B&w plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. Hardcover, cloth without dust-jacket. 258pp., Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by T. Howard Somervill. First edition. Ex-libris, with card pocket inside rear cover, no other marks. Piece of dust-jacket flap, containing blurb, neatly pasted-down inside front cover. A synopsis of previous attempts to conquer Everest, and also material on Kangchenjunga, Nanda Devi and Nanga Parat, written for young readers. Light age soiling to edges of bulked sheets, else a clean, tight, very good copy. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Percy Press, 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

THE PERCY PRESS, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Second EDITION with torn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. The binding is tight, top corner of the front panel lightly bumped. Text and images unmarked. Former dealer label on the rear pastedown, toning on the pastedown and RFEP from an old newspaper clipping (laid in). The dust jacket has two large chips out on the front panel, edgewear, tears, rubbing, toning along the spine, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo.

London: Percy Press, 1937. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Faded green cloth with black title to spine. Some light foxing. Black and white photographs..

THE PERCY PRESS, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1945. Second Edition. 164 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & photos remain bright with minimal tanning. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Notable water staining to front & rear board. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

Percy Press, 1937. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. xvi+270pp, 8 b/w plates, spine sunned a little & with a half inch snag at the head, occasional spotting internally. Account of the first 5 British Everest Expeditions written for younger readers. The book also covers Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga & Nanda Devi to a lesser degree.