Price: £420.00
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: 8vo, 296pp, 141 photographs (only 22 present), 3 folding maps, original brown cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original boards, bump to bottom corners, new endpapers, very clean indeed, VG+. This title was originally glued rather than sewn together and as a result has a tendency to dry out and fall apart. This copy has been beautifully restored, reglued and securely bound. Whilst many of the plates are lacking it is still a desirable copy and attractive copy. The text and maps are complete. A very scarce title in any condition.
The Workman's fifth and last Karakoram Expedition 1911-1912, exploring Hush valley, Saltoro & Baltoro glaciers. This is by far the scarcest of the Workman titles.
Title: Two Summers In The Ice-Wilds Of Eastern Karakoram. The Exploration of Nineteen Hundred Square Miles of Mountain and Glacier
Categories: Mountaineering,
Edition: 1917 First Edition
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin: 1917
Binding: hardcover
Book Condition: 8vo, 296pp, 141 photographs (only 22 present), 3 folding maps, original brown cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original boards, bump to bottom corners, new endpapers, very clean indeed, VG+. This title was originally glued rather than sewn together and as a result has a tendency to dry out and fall apart. This copy has been beautifully restored, reglued and securely bound. Whilst many of the plates are lacking it is still a desirable copy and attractive copy. The text and maps are complete. A very scarce title in any condition.
Seller ID: 71300
Keywords: MOUNTAINEERING HIMALAYA - travel mountain alpinism bergsteigen rock climbing hill walking asia asian himalayan himalayas exploration discovery pakistan karakoram saltoro baltoro
