The Spirit Of The Hills
1946 (First Edition Thus).
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd
, London, England
Frank Smythe was a very famous English mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist too. Best remembered for his mountaineering in the Alps as well as in the Himalayas. the was best known for being a key member and photographer in three much-trumpeted British Everest expeditions in 1933, 1936 and 1938. Smythe may have been the first person to actually see Mallory's body (by telescope over 16 kms away) who was eventually found in 1999. This is a lovely older book evoking Smythe's genuine love of the mountains and a bygone era of adventure and exploration.
$75.00
Specifications
| Author | Smythe, Frank S |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton Ltd |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1946 (First Edition Thus) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1935 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | XXIII |
| Pages | 308pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in blue cloth boards in good condition with minor shelf wear only and and unclipped dust wrapper in a fair/good state with minor chipping at all edges and corners and some discolouration original edges too. |
| Overall | Text in good condition with occasional foxing though all twenty-three photoplates (by the author) are present and in excellent condition with the only prior owner markings being a prize certificate from an english girls'school from 1946 adhered to the front pastedown. |