Ɵ BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). et al. Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition. SIGNED. Robert Hale Ltd., 1940. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED on the title page by two members of the American expedition, Charles Houston (expedition leader) and Robert Bates plates illustrated from photographs after members of the expedition, line drawings, folding temperature chart, 319pp. An account of the 1938, first American Expedition ascent of K2: HOUSTON, Charles S. (1913 - 2009). and BATES, R. (1911 - 2002). K2 The Savage Mountain. Presentation copy. Collins, 1955. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, INSCRIBED and SIGNED to front free by six members of the 1953 American Karakoram Expedition, signatures include Charles Houston (expedition leader), Robert H. Bates Tony Streather, and Peter Schoening, the two inscriptions read 'To Barbara and John David / all good wishes and the hope / that your future 'new life' will / take you to the Himalayas, but / not to climb only to seek / Bob Craig', and further inscribed, 'and bring a sketch pad! / - Dee Molenaar -', half title, dedication to Art Gilkey (fellow team member), 22 illustrations, map, 192pp., both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. one of the American classic books of American Himalayan mountaineering. (2)
Ɵ BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). et al. Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition. SIGNED. Robert Hale Ltd., 1940. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED on the title page by two members of the American expedition, Charles Houston (expedition leader) and Robert Bates plates illustrated from photographs after members of the expedition, line drawings, folding temperature chart, 319pp. An account of the 1938, first American Expedition ascent of K2: HOUSTON, Charles S. (1913 - 2009). and BATES, R. (1911 - 2002). K2 The Savage Mountain. Presentation copy. Collins, 1955. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, INSCRIBED and SIGNED to front free by six members of the 1953 American Karakoram Expedition, signatures include Charles Houston (expedition leader), Robert H. Bates Tony Streather, and Peter Schoening, the two inscriptions read 'To Barbara and John David / all good wishes and the hope / that your future 'new life' will / take you to the Himalayas, but / not to climb only to seek / Bob Craig', and further inscribed, 'and bring a sketch pad! / - Dee Molenaar -', half title, dedication to Art Gilkey (fellow team member), 22 illustrations, map, 192pp., both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. one of the American classic books of American Himalayan mountaineering. (2)
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