HILLARY, EDMUND ET AL.

Explorations Great Moments of Discovery from the Royal Geographic Society

New York City, Artisan. 2002, 1st edition. Or. Wrappers. 4to, 340 pages, with beautiful illustrations in colour and black/white."Explorations" captures in photographs and interviews the expeditions and emotions of some of the most daring adventurers of the last century. Includes essays by Sir Edmund Hillary, Richard Leakey, Ranulph T-W-Fiennes, Wilfred Thesiger, Christina Dodwell, and John Hemming. Some of the pictures recall historic moments in time--Scott finding Amundsen's empty tent at the South Pole, Tenzing Norgay photographed by Hillary on the peak of Everest, the ferryman who took David Livingstone across the river on the last day of his life. Other pictures are remarkable as records of vanished or vanishing peoples, or simply as beautiful pieces of art.Exciting, heavy book, very suitable as a present. AS NEW.

Antiquariaat Jacob E. van RullerProfessional seller

Book number: 6590

Catalogue: Travel/Voyage/Reizen

Keywords: Geographic Society/Travel/Photography/Ethnography

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket , foxing, top quarter of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, otherwise VG. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006490

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket, mild foxing, light handling soiling to boards, spine titling dulled, otherwise VG, first edition first impression, 224pp + plates, maps and colour frontis. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 007190

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY EDMUND

High Adventure

London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. head of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, unclipped DW has a few short edge tears, corners chipped or split etc, otherwise VG. Very Good/Good.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010284

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic

HILLARY, SIR EDMUND & DOIG, DESMOND

High in the Thin Cold Air

Garden City, Doubleday. 1962, First Edition/First Print. Hardcover. Book, PAGEDGE SOIL/BROWNING,SOME BOARDEDGE WEAR. DW SHOWS GENERAL RUBBING/EDGEWEAR.SEVERAL CLOSED SHORT TEARS. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Very Good +/Good.

Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 003026

HILLARY EDMUND

No Latitude for Error

London, Hodder. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket with light wear to edges and corners, handling soiling, book unmarked, 255pp+ plates, the Transantarctic Expedition led by Hillary. Very Good/Very Good.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 007847

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Edmund Hillary Antarctica South Pole Expedition First Edition Transantarctic Expedition

HILLARY Sir Edmund

De l'océan jusqu'au ciel. La remontée du gange en bateau jet du delta jusqu'aux contreforts de l'Himalaya._

BUCHET CHASTEL, 1981, in-8. broché, Paris, bon. 287p

Les routes du globeProfessional seller

Book number: H18111-071

Keywords: inde, himalaya,

Elizabeth Kemf, Edmund Hillary

Indigenous peoples and protected areas: the law of mother

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, ©1993., 1993. xix, 296 pages: color illustrations, color map;Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.; gebonden - bound - hard cover; met stofomslag - with dust wrappers - dust jacket. trefwoorden: Indigenous peoples.., Nature conservation.., Environmental policy.., Indigenous peoples Africa.., Indigenous peoples Asia.., Indigenous peoples South and Central America.., Indigenous peoples Europe.., Indigenous peoples North America.., Environment Conservation Conservation areas.., Inheemse volken.., Natuurbehoud.., Conservation Role of Tribes Zeer goed.

De KantlijnProfessional seller

Book number: 72984

Catalogue: Etnografie of volkerenkunde

Keywords: Recht rechtspraak en orde 9780871564511

Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund

The Crossing Of Antarctica - The Commonwealth Trans - Antarctic Expedition 1955 - 58

Cassell, 1960, 1st edition thus. Paperback, G+. 320pp, 8pp colour & 32pp b/w plates, 10 b/w maps, index, pages a little tanned, a nice copy. Penguin 1489. Paperback , no dustjacket.
¶ Classic account of the 1955-58 expedition which drove its way across Antarctica.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 55704

Keywords: antarctica, travel, exploration, polar

FUCHS, VIVIAN & SIR EDMUND HILLARY

The Crossing of Antarctica the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition 1955-1958

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Absolutely fascinating account of the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Book in light blue full cloth covers and dotted throughout with photos and maps. DJ bears light staining and chipped all along both edges but intact and in mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

Bluebird BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 71146

Keywords: >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure

FUCHS, VIVIAN; HILLARY, Sir EDMUND.

The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58.

Demy 8vo; pp. xviii, 338; endpaper map, 29 full-page coloured plates, 1 double-page coloured plate, 32 pages of b/w. plates (63 illust.), 9 maps, glossary, appendices, index; weakened front hinge partly split, original blue cloth, faded spine, lettered in silver on spine. London, Cassell, (1958). Spence 490.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 12435

Keywords: ant antarctica

FUCHS, VIVIAN; HILLARY, Sir EDMUND.

The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Edited for schools. Andrew Scotland, M.A., Ph.D.

First School Edition; 8vo; pp. xviii, 138; numerous b/w. photographs, 4 maps (1 double-page), name on front endpaper, original illustrated (Antarctica) blue with white spine cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in black on front board and spine. London, Cassell, (1960).

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 17872

Keywords: ant antarctica

FUCHS, VIVIAN; HILLARY, Sir EDMUND.

The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58.

First Edition; 8vo; pp. xviii, 338; endpaper map, 29 full-page coloured plates, 1 double-page coloured plate, 32 pages of b/w. plates (63 illust.), 9 maps, glossary, appendices,index, original blue cloth, lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket chipped and discoloured, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, price clipped, good copy. London, Cassell, (1958). Spence 490.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 48555

Keywords: ant antarctica

Fuchs, Vivian; Hillary, Edmund,

The Crossing of Antarctica the Commonwealth Trans- Antarctic Expedition 1955- 1958.

London: Cassell, 1958. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit faded. Gift inscription to half-title page. ; Expedition leader Fuchs and his eleven charges set out to cross the last unexplored continent, Antarctica, with Everest co-conqueror Edmund Hillary as support party, crossing from the other direction; Color Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages. Very Good.

The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional seller

Book number: 20380

Catalogue: Polar Exploration

Fuchs, Sir Vivian and Sir Edmund Hillary,

The Crossing of Antarctica: the commonwealth trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958.

Boston, Little Brown, (1958). 1st Amer ed. VG. Edges of covers and spine faded.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS001318I

Catalogue: Travel