Century Publishing, Date: 1977. Century Publishing, 1977, 8vo, 277 pages, illustrations. Softcover edition in near fine condition.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 1977. Century Publishing ISBN 0712601961 9780712601962 [US]

ISBN10: 0712601961, ISBN13: 9780712601962, [publisher: Century Publishing] Softcover Century Publishing, 1977, 8vo, 277 pages, illustrations. Softcover edition in near fine condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
[Yarmouth, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]

ISBN10: 0712601961, ISBN13: 9780712601962, [publisher: Pimlico] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]

Paperback. Good. ISBN 0712601961 9780712601962 [GB]

ISBN10: 0712601961, ISBN13: 9780712601962, [publisher: Penguin Random House] Softcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]

ISBN10: 0712601961, ISBN13: 9780712601962, [publisher: Penguin Random House] Softcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]

Pimlico, Date: 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Book is in very good condition. General shelf and handling wear. Interior is clean with a tight spine. 1983. Pimlico ISBN 0712601961 9780712601962 [US]

London: Century, Date: 1983 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, sunning spine, else clean & unmarked); pp. x, 278 (last blank), with 4 maps & 7 engravings. A very good copy. [Neate K10].. First Thus. Soft Cover. VG+. 1983. Century ISBN 0712601961 9780712601962 [AU]

Century, London, Date: 1983. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Century Travellers Series; illustrated by b/w. maps & drawings; "As a challenge for explorers the mountain wilderness between India and Inner Asia was unique. The Western Himalayas were seen as a barrier guarding fabled cities unvisited since Marco Polo, barring the way for the commercial opening of Central Asia and Inland China. It took half a century to penetrate this barrier - evidence enough of the appalling difficulties involved. Then, as now, these were partly man-made, for the mountains were of overriding strategic and political importance: there was too much at stake for the sort of free-for-all that happened in Africa or Australia. The freelance traveller was discouraged or discredited; official travellers operated behind a dense screen of secrecy and unlikely excuses. Then there was the terrain - the most formidable on earth, powerful enough to undermine man's sense of self-importance. Yet these explorers are characters of extraordinary stature; Alexander Gardiner, the American adventurer who brought the spirit of OK Corral to the Afghan Hindu Kush; Joseph Wolff, the mad missionary who crossed the same range stark naked; Victor Jacquemont, the Byronic Parisian who suffered for his love of the ladies; or Thomas Thomson, the Scottish naturalist who first reached the crest of the Karakorams. Along with the legendary Moorcroft and dogged surveyors like Godwin-Austen they ...

London Century 1983 First Thus Soft Cover VG+ 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, sunning spine, else clean & unmarked); pp. x, 278 (last blank), with 4 maps & 7 engravings. A very good copy. [Neate K10].