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Nanga Parbat. Incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953. Translated and additional Material supplied by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
by HERRLIGKOFFER Karl M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Elek,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous monochrome plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the armorial bookplate of Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle on front free endpaper. Vaughan-Arbuckle, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Logistics Corps, served in India, Hong Kong, Germany and the Falklands. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *364.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45397
- Title
- Nanga Parbat. Incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953. Translated and additional Material supplied by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. Foreword by Sir John Hunt. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
- Author
- HERRLIGKOFFER Karl M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elek,
- Date Published
- [1954]
- Keywords
- sports, sporting, mountaineering, climbing, nanga parbat, himalaya, himalayas, karl herrligkoffer
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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