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1966 Mostly 'Mischief'
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Description
Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
Major Harold William Tilman (1898-1977) was an explorer and mountaineer, renowned in particular for his climbs in the Himalayas and voyages at sea. In 1939, he was the first man to try to climb in the Assam Himalaya; in 1952, the Royal Geographical Society awarded their Founder's Gold Medal to him. He perished at the age of 79, when he was invited to serve as a crew member accompanying mountaineers travelling to the South Atlantic with the intention to climb Smith Island; the vessel was lost at sea, with all aboard having presumably perished.
This volume details Tilman's travels across the North Atlantic, and in Greenland and Australia, in his small pilot cutter 'Mischief'.
In the publisher's original binding, with a clipped dust wrapper.
Condition
In a full cloth binding. Externally lovely, minor bumping to extremities. Inscription to the front endpaper. Tape repairs to the head and tail of the clipped dust wrapper, and patches of green paint on the inner folds. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean.
Near Fine
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