Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0712601961I3N00
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Vendeur : Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. Century Publishing, 1977, 8vo, 277 pages, illustrations. Softcover edition in near fine condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. N° de réf. du vendeur GD010687WRBC2S1
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Vendeur : Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
paperback. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! N° de réf. du vendeur S_475530096
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR002083547
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Vendeur : BOOKBARROW (PBFA member), Cambridge, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Century Travellers Series; illustrated by b/w. maps & drawings; "As a challenge for explorers the mountain wilderness between India and Inner Asia was unique. The Western Himalayas were seen as a barrier guarding fabled cities unvisited since Marco Polo, barring the way for the commercial opening of Central Asia and Inland China. It took half a century to penetrate this barrier - evidence enough of the appalling difficulties involved. Then, as now, these were partly man-made, for the mountains were of overriding strategic and political importance: there was too much at stake for the sort of free-for-all that happened in Africa or Australia. The freelance traveller was discouraged or discredited; official travellers operated behind a dense screen of secrecy and unlikely excuses. Then there was the terrain - the most formidable on earth, powerful enough to undermine man's sense of self-importance. Yet these explorers are characters of extraordinary stature; Alexander Gardiner, the American adventurer who brought the spirit of OK Corral to the Afghan Hindu Kush; Joseph Wolff, the mad missionary who crossed the same range stark naked; Victor Jacquemont, the Byronic Parisian who suffered for his love of the ladies; or Thomas Thomson, the Scottish naturalist who first reached the crest of the Karakorams. Along with the legendary Moorcroft and dogged surveyors like Godwin-Austen they fully live up to their magnificent setting. Here is a .story that rivals the search for the sources of the Nile and the race for the South Pole."; including bibliography & index - 277 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mountaineering; Travel; Exploration. ISBN: 0712601961. ISBN/EAN: 9780712601962. Inventory No: TVL00028. N° de réf. du vendeur TVL00028
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Vendeur : Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australie
Soft Cover. Etat : VG+. First Thus. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, sunning spine, else clean & unmarked); pp. x, 278 (last blank), with 4 maps & 7 engravings. A very good copy. [Neate K10]. N° de réf. du vendeur 020790
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Vendeur : Anytime Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Excellent account of Western Himalaya exploration. Century Travellers' Series. pp277. N° de réf. du vendeur 003101
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Vendeur : Anytime Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Soft cover. Etat : As New. Excellent account of Western Himalaya exploration. pp277. Illus. Maps. N° de réf. du vendeur 006391
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