Describes the efforts of a group of fifteen men and women to become the first Americans to climb the second tallest mountain in the world
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. First Edition ~1st Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15660269-6
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Anbieter: The Book Mongers, Tacoma, WA, USA
Zustand: Good. Congratulations! Your purchase will help save books from the landfill. All pages and cover are intact. Spine may show signs of shelf wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "from the library" of labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media. Please let us know if you are unhappy with your purchase for any reason. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11-02-26_MG_1.2M_H0000PUF
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Anbieter: Manitou Books, Manitou Springs, CO, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket has some tears, chipping, and rubbing. Spot on back rubbed to white (see photo 4). Inside is clean and unmarked. See photos. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1716391017900
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Anbieter: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The Mountaineers, Published 1980. Hardcover, vii, 301 pp., 16 unnumbered leaves of plates, plus 2 pp. publisher's advertisements; 26 cm; no statement of later printing on copyright page; illustrated with colour photographs throughout the plate sections. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Black cloth boards, silver lettering on spine, mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket not price clipped, retaining the dual price of $19.95 to December 31, 1980 over $25.00; 1 inch triangular chip to head of spine, with smaller chips and tears increasing along edges; mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, color loss along edges and spine hinges, creasing to rear panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Account of the 1978 American K2 Expedition, the first American ascent of the world's second-highest mountain after five failed attempts and five deaths. Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley reached the summit; Wickwire lingered too long and was forced into an unplanned bivouac just below the top at minus 40 degrees without food, oxygen or shelter, coming down with pneumonia, pleurisy and frostbite. Fourteen men and women and some 350 Balti porters carried the expedition 110 miles to Base Camp. Colour plates by Dianne Roberts, John Roskelley, Jim Wickwire, Craig Anderson and Lou Reichardt, with a portrait gallery of the full team. Dedicated to Al Givler, Dusan Jagersky and Leif-Norman Patterson. Contents: Introduction by Edward M. Kennedy; Prelude by James W. Whittaker; Dust from the Road; Bridge over the Dumordo; The Book of Marvels; The Crystal Ball; The Snow Butterfly; Storms and Tempers; The Snow Dome; Problemas Grandes; Into the Death Zone; At the Edge; No Conquerors, Only Survivors; The Griffon. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 20260915002
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Anbieter: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. No wear to the book, scattered rubbing on the edges, corners and spine of the mylar-protected dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011348
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Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1874007715
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Anbieter: Aspen Book Co., Denver, CO, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Dust jacket shows significant wear, including chipping and small tears at the head and tail of the spine and along the top edges. The black jacket surface has some rubbing and light scratching. The hardcover binding beneath is secure. Internally, the pages are clean and the title page features a personalized inscription and signature in blue ink. No library markings or other stamps are present. worn with chipping and small tears at edges. 1. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A11-B1-CIZ-0800
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Anbieter: Thomas Savage, Bookseller, Krotz Springs, LA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.hardcover edition with d.j. text has NO writing.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET .nice copy.binding is solid.D.J. is worn, torn,& chipped. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000347
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Anbieter: Harbor Books LLC, Old Saybrook, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Black cloth boards, 301pp with illustrations, very minor dust spotting to edges and foxing to endpapers under the DJ flaps, otherwise contents clean, tight and unmarked. Signed by the author 'To Bill' on the front endpaper. DJ light rubbing to corners and edges, short nick to top edge of resr panel. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008538
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Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. A handsome edition in Fine condition in a Very Good- dust-jacket with rubbing, soiling and some open tears; Rick Ridgewayâs account of his extraordinary ascent of K2, the worldâs second-highest mountain, is a riveting tale of adventure and endurance. Ridgeway and his team of climbers set out from the base of the mountain in May of 1995, just a few months after a failed attempt by another team. They battled extreme conditions and tremendous altitude-loss on their way to the summit, finally reaching it on July 8, 1996. Ridgewayâs account of his experiences on K2 is both heartbreaking and inspiring.; 4to; 301 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 42977
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