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Published by Viking Adult, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Book First Edition
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (autobiography, gagnes river, india).
Published by Viking, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket is in near-fine condition, without tears or chips. Category: Mountaineering; ISBN: 0670331724. ISBN/EAN: 9780670331727. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16255.
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Published by Viking Adult, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. DJ has some fading, and is beginning to chip, and wear. Pages are yellowing. ; 9.1 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 273 pages.
Published by Viking Adult, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Book First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (asia, ganges river, autobiography).
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1979
ISBN 10: 0340224606ISBN 13: 9780340224601
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Heavy book may incur extra postal charges. Very little shelf and reading wear.
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Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0340224606ISBN 13: 9780340224601
Seller: Anthony Spranger, MARLBOROUGH, WILTS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 272pp illustrated in colour and black & white. Protected dustwrapper. Jet boating up the Ganges.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
Seller: Anthony Spranger, MARLBOROUGH, WILTS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 272pp. illustrated in colour and b/w.protected dustwrapper unclipped.
Published by First edition, published by The Viking Press, N.Y., 1979., 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Book First Edition
Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few tiny spots on spine and is bumped at top and bottom of spine with a tiny tear at bottom back edge. 273 pages with index plus 60 color and black and white illustrations.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1979
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 1st edition. 273p., illus. Hillary's 1977 1500-mile trek up the Ganges River. Illus. with maps, color & b/w photographs.
Published by Viking Press., New York., 1979
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Published by The Viking Press, 1979
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. A superb copy in a Mylar dj cover.
Published by The Viking Press, 1979
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. Shows very slight use. An unread book.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. . (illustrator). First Edition. The absorbing story of Hillary and his planned jet boat trip up the Ganges. Size: . .
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st Edition. Hillary and his team journey up the Ganges in a jet boat. They follow the river on foot up into the Himalayas.
Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited., Wembley, 1979
Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 272 pp. Cld and monochrome photograph pls. Light grey boards with author, title and publisher in gilt on the spine.The dust wrapper is not price clipped. There is a 0.60 cm x 0.60 cm piece missing from the head of the spine, a 1.00 cm tear to the head hinge on the lower cover, a 1.00 cm tear to the head corner of the lower hinge and a 0.5. cm tear to the tail corner of the lower cover. The spine is faded. A very good tight, bright and clean copy. 710 gms + packaging. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0340224606ISBN 13: 9780340224601
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original grey rexine gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped, endpapers faintly offset) in export dustwrapper (edges slightly rubbed); pp. 272, with 47 monochrome illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 9 maps & diagrams + endpaper map. A near fine copy. [Neate H80: 1500 mile adventure up the Ganges to climb Akash Parbat and Nar Parbat].
Published by Viking, 1979
Seller: kellow books, Chipping norton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An Expedition up the Ganges river upstream against the current up to the mounbtains to where the river rises a 1500 mile trek book and dj in near fine cond.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, New Zealand, 1979
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1977 jetboat expedition from the mouth of the Ganges River to its source. Uncorrected proof printed prior to layout being complete with no appendices or index, illus present though yet to be assigned eventual placement. Dated for release April 1979, assume this copy is actually late 1978. CONDITION Card wrap unworn (faded to edges and a little toned) 268 pages with photo plates in colour and b/w. Bright and crisp copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Viking Adult, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards titled in silver gilt, map endpages. First edition. Signed to the title page by Hillary. Ex-private library copy with bookplate and small sticker to title page; no other library markings. DJ blurbs neatly pasted to half title and opposite page. Slight sunning to boards. Tight and square. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 273 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
1/4 Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First US Edition; First Printing. A bright first American edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition, lightly bumped tips, spine a little soiled in alike dust-jacket. Laid in errata slip. With the late signature of author Sir Edmund Hillary directly on the title page; A rich and intimate encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, with Hindu holy men and Sikh pilgrims, with rural Bengali villagers and hysterical Calcutta crowds. At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India - fishermen, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, yogis- all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the Western travelers whose pilgrimage up the holy river symbolized so much for those along the banks; 8vo; [iv], [1-13], 14-273 [274] pages; Signed by Author.
Published by N.Y. The Viking Press., 1979
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
First Edition Signed
Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. Dustjacket. 273pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. In 1977 Sir Edmund Hillary began an expedition to travel from the mouth of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal to its source in the Himalayan Mountains. A journey of some 1500 miles.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0340224606ISBN 13: 9780340224601
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. An attractive Fine first UK edition/first printing, signed by author Edmund Hillary directly on the title page in Near Fine dustjacket exhibiting little sunning and chipping around edges; Hillary's encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, Hindu holy men and Sikh pilgrims, with rural Bengali villagers and hysterical Calcutta crowds. At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India - fishermen, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, yogis- all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the pilgrimage of the Western travelers ; 8vo; Signed by Author.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A scarce first U. S. edition, SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary on title page, includes original errata slip regarding pages 80, 112, and 113. Book and dust jacket in Fine condition, with price unclipped; A rich and intimate encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, with Hindu holy men and Sikh pilgrims, with rural Bengali villagers and hysterical Calcutta crowds. At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India - fishermen, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, yogis- all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the Western travelers whose pilgrimage up the holy river symbolized so much for those along the banks; 8vo; Signed by Author.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London & Seattle, 1979
ISBN 10: 0340224606ISBN 13: 9780340224601
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. F-/VG. 8vo. original grey rexine gilt (a few leaf edge spots) in export dustwrapper (a little rubbed & frayed, orange lettering on spine slightly sunned, upper flap creased); pp. 272, with 47 monochrome illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 9 maps & diagrams + endpaper map. A very good copy. [Neate H80: 1500 mile adventure up the Ganges to climb Akash Parbat and Nar Parbat]. Clipped signature 'E.P.Hillary', tipped to title page. Signed by Author.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton. London, 1979
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First Edition. DW. SIGNED Presentation Copy from the author "To Jane Ed Hillary Feb 17th 1979". Illustrated in colour and black and white. Corners bumped. Contents clean and fresh. Wrapper spine sunned, chipped and worn at extremites with closed tears and lacking small portions from top edges o/w VG+/Good. ISBN: 0340224606.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1979
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Signed by Edmund Hillary. Publisher's original grey boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with map endpapers, 9 further maps and drawings, 60 photographs, 13 of which are colour. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrapper that has a single short closed tear to the top left corner of the front panel. Not price-clipped (£6.50 net to the front flap). Signed by Edmund Hillary in blue ink on the title page. Hillary's perilous 2500 km journey from the Ocean to the Sky along India's holy River Ganges was his last major expedition. World renowned filmmaker Michael Dillon joined the expedition, the subsequent feature length documentary winning multiple awards. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by New York, New York the Viking Press 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Condition: very good. 1st edition. 273pp. Octavo. Original bi-coloured cloth (blue/brown) with silver lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial dustjacket. Maps on endpapers, vividly illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Tight, clean copy. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on the front-title. very good Detailing Sir. Edmund Hillary's 1500-mile-long adventure from "the Ganges River up-stream against the current as far as we could travel".
Published by New York, New York the Viking Press 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0670331724ISBN 13: 9780670331727
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Condition: fine. 1st edition. 273pp. Octavo. Original bi-coloured cloth (blue/brown) with silver lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial dustjacket. Maps on endpapers, vividly illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Tight, clean copy. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on the front-title. fine Detailing Sir. Edmund Hillary's 1500-mile-long adventure from "the Ganges River up-stream against the current as far as we could travel".
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979
Seller: Adventure Books, Christchurch, NZ, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hillary, Sir Edmund. FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979, First U.K. Edition. 272 pp, endpaper map and 9 other maps and drawings, 13 colour and 47 B&W photographs. Unique and quite amazing expedition by Jetboat up the Ganges. From the Bay of Bengal all the way to the Himalayan snows, and then made first ascent Akash Parbat, traditional source of the river. Hillary?s story is sprinkled with descriptions of passionate greetings from crowds of Indian people. Whether Hindu holy men, Sikh pilgrims, rural Bengali villagers or hysterical Calcutta crowds, all turned out lining the river banks cheering and wishing them well. Quote: At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India, fisherman, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, and yogis, all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the pilgrimage of these Western travelers. Signed on Title Page by author and leader Ed Hillary and by team members Jim Wilson, Mike Dillon, Mike Hamilton and Mike Gill. Flyer for new release of film loosely inserted, three signatures added on that occasion. DJ, Near Fine. Signed.