TILMAN, H.W. - Seven Mountain Travel Books

London England Seattle USA, Diadem Books Ltd and the Mountaineers Seattle, 1991. Fourth Impression 1991, Binding: Cloth & Boards, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 090637121x Hardback Hardback prev owners name inside green boards with gilt lettering in a good lightly worn jacket Frontis, many b/w photos & illus. H. W. Tilman, who was lost at sea in the South Atlantic in 1977, was perhaps the greatest explorer-mountaineer of his time. His travels in Africa, Patagonia, the Himalayas and the most desolate regions of South-East Asia are near-legendary. This contains Tilman's Seven Mountain Travel Books with an introduction by Jim Perrin A compendium of Tilman's early mountaineering works, comprising 'Snow on the Equator' (1937), 'The Ascent of Nanda Devi' (1937), 'When Men and Mountains Meet' (1946), 'Everest 1938' (1948), 'Two Mountains and a River' (1949), 'China to Chitral' (1951) and 'Nepal Himalaya illustrated with black and white photos'.