New York: Lyons & Burford, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sky-blue boards, black spine with white titles, xvii, 267 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "In 1955, the author...organized the Welsh Himalayan expedition to climb Tibet's highest mountain, Gurla Mandhata. But Wignall and two of his companions were to be more than guides: Before setting out the author had been recruited by a covert faction within Indian intelligence to report on Chinese military operations in newly invaded Tibet. The unlikely spies were captured early in their journey and imprisoned by the Red Army, thus beginning an ordeal that would draw on their last reserves of psychic and physical strength." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . As New/As New. 23½ X 16 cm.

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Bookseller: Twin City Antiquarian Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TRCH00011
Title: Spy on the Roof of the World
Author: Wignall, Sydney
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First US Edition
ISBN 10: 1558215581
ISBN 13: 9781558215580
Publisher: Lyons & Burford
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1997
Keywords: Travel China Tibet Espionage Mountaineering
Bookseller catalogs: Travel;
X weight: 32 oz
Size: 23½ X 16 cm

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