The eight sailing / mountain-exploration books
1987, First Edition. London : Diadem. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Slight suggestion of foxing to the edges; reader inscription and embossed stamp to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #481300
ISBN: 0906371228
Physical description; 956 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, colour portraits ; 23 cm. Contents; Mischief in Patagonia – Mischief among the penguins – Mischief in Greenland – Mostly Mischief – Mischief goes south – In Mischief's wake – Ice with everything – Triumph and tribulation. Subjects; Tilman, H. W., 1898-1977. Mountaineers. Great Britain. Biography. Explorers. Sailors. Sailing. Arctic regions. Antarctic regions. Sub-Antarctic islands. Exploration.
Price: €18.95