Charles Howard-Bury led the first official reconnaisance expedition to Everest in 1921. This is the account of that journey with George Mallory and others to investigate approaches to the world's highest and until then largely inaccessible mountain.
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Hardback. Zustand: Very good. 1991. 1991 There are b&w photos and an index. 254. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17443
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Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR002305258
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Anbieter: Godley Books, Hyde, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one lower page corner, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 254pp. The story of the first expedition to climb the slopes of Everest which started the lengthy process towards eventual success thrity-two years later. Following the death of one member of the party and the retirement through illness of another, the bulk of the work of testing the mountain's defences was left to two men, George Mallory and Guy Bullock. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005732
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Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Hard Cover. Zustand: F. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F. First Thus. F/F. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 254, with 12 illustrations & 2 maps. A fine copy. [Neate H120 (for original edition): The author led the expedition. This book and the two others recounting the stories of the 1922 and 1924 expeditions form a very handsome record of the courage and daring of the early Everesters]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 023423
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Anbieter: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition set off to explore how it might be possible to get to the vicinity of Mount Everest, to reconnoitre possible routes for ascending the mountain, and ? if possible ? make the first ascent of the highest mountain in the world. At that time Nepal was closed to foreigners, so any approach had to be from the north, through Tibet. A feasible route was discovered from the east up the Kharta Glacier and then crossing the Lhakpa La pass north east of Everest. It was then necessary to descend to the East Rongbuk Glacier before climbing again to Everest's North Col. However, although the North Col was reached, it was not possible to climb further before the expedition had to withdraw.Initially the expedition explored from the north and discovered the main Rongbuk Glacier, only to find that it seemed to provide no likely routes to the summit. However, at the time it was not realised that the East Rongbuk glacier actually flowed into the Rongbuk glacier ? it was thought it descended away to the east.As a reconnaissance the expedition was a success because it determined that a good route might be to approach the East Rongbuk glacier via the Rongbuk glacier, and then follow the North Col route to the summit. Next year the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition took this route and was able to climb above the North Col, although it did not reach the summit.Charles Howard-Bury led the 1921 expedition and George Mallory, who had never before been to Himalaya, was included in the team. As events were to turn out, Mallory became the de facto lead climber. Howard-Bury wrote a book about the expedition, Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921, to which Mallory contributed six of the chapters. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SKU2010028683
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Anbieter: Adventure Books, Christchurch, NZ, Neuseeland
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Anbieter: Bookcase, Carlisle, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to DJ edges. ; Inscribed and signed on fep by Mary Keaney. ; 9.29 X 6.30 X 1.26 inches; 254 pages; Signed by Editor. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21583
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