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Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909. Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi.
by FILIPPI, Filippo de
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Constable and Company, 1912. . Deluxe first edition in English, stamped presentation copy; 2 vols, text and atlas, 4to, xvii, 469 pp., text volume: half-title, photogravure frontispiece and 25 photogravure plates, all with printed tissue guards, 5 double-page photographic panoramas (2 showing 2 views), numerous photographic illustrations in the text, all after photographs by Vittorio Sella, 2 coloured photographic plates of geological specimens. Atlas: 16pp. list of illustrations and index, 18 folding photographic panoramas on 17 sheets after Sella (K & L on 1 sheet), 3 folding coloured maps, all housed loose in portfolio, uniformly bound in publisher's vellum gilt, text volume top edge gilt, joints rubbed, spines soiled, internally a fine fresh copy.
the rare vellum bound deluxe edition. The full account of the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to K2 in the Karakoram in 1909. Filippo de Filippi (1869-1938), Italian surgeon, scholar and mountaineer, was the official recorder of the Duke's expedition and in 1913-14 led the Italian Himalayan Scientific Expedition.
The classic work on the Baltoro region; a most accurate and well-illustrated reference source.
Neate F26; Yakushi F71b.
the rare vellum bound deluxe edition. The full account of the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to K2 in the Karakoram in 1909. Filippo de Filippi (1869-1938), Italian surgeon, scholar and mountaineer, was the official recorder of the Duke's expedition and in 1913-14 led the Italian Himalayan Scientific Expedition.
The classic work on the Baltoro region; a most accurate and well-illustrated reference source.
Neate F26; Yakushi F71b.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105157
- Title
- Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909. Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi.
- Author
- FILIPPI, Filippo de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Constable and Company, 1912.
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- Soiled
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Vellum
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