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Adventurer's Eye. The Autobiography of Everest Film-Man
by Stobart, Tom
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Long Acre, London: Odham's Press Limited, 1958 First Edition. 256 pp. Octavo. Original light blue cloth. Illustrated with B/W plates with photos. Clean and tight textblock. Minor shelfwear. Boards slightly bowed. Dust jacket is unpriced clipped and has a few small chips at the corners otherwise a fine bright copy The autobiography of Britian's adventure film-man. While studying at Cambridge, Stobart made the decision to film original explorations. Besides Everest, he filmed in Antarctica, on Safari in Africa, crocodile-infested waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the Himalayas. An extraordinary life, full of adventures. This copy is signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe on pages 200 and 201. A great copy with nice expedition signatures 1958
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143199
- Title
- Adventurer's Eye. The Autobiography of Everest Film-Man
- Author
- Stobart, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Odham's Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- Long Acre, London
- Date Published
- 1958 First Edition
- Keywords
- Everest|Filiming|Film|Photograghic|Travel and Exploratioin|World Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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About Aquila Books
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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