The conquest of Mount McKinley; the story of three expeditions through the Alaskan wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's highest and most inaccessible mountain
The conquest of Mount McKinley; the story of three expeditions through the Alaskan wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's highest and most inaccessible mountain
Add this copy of The Conquest of Mount McKinley. the Story of Three to cart. $319.00, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1913 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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F- 8vo. modern oatmeal cloth, teg, fore-edge uncut (rebound, but retaining original endpapers, internally clean); pp. xviii (last blank), 382 (last blank), [2 (pub. advts. )], with 95 illustrations, folding map (neat repair to fold) and an endpaper map. A near fine copy. [Neate B191: Expeditions in 1910 and 1912, the latter foiled by bad weather within a few metres of the summit. Browne was instrumental in disproving Dr Cook's claim to have climbed the peak].
Add this copy of The Conquest of Mount McKinley: the Story of Three to cart. $532.00, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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Very Good. xvii, 381 pages: color frontispiece, plates (some color) folded map. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Cover decorated with with gold lettering and axe and rope. Top edge gilt. Maps on lining-papers. Hardcover. Mylar dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Foxing to side page end. Clean, unmarked pages. Hand written calling card of Thomas H. Hubbard tipped in to front end page. Hubbard (1838-1915) was a Union Army colonel from Maine in the Civil War (hon. Brevet Brigadier General). After the war he became a railroad executive and financier. He contributed to the discovery of the North Pole and was President of the Peary Arctic Club, which financed Peary's exploration. Additionally, he backed Donald MacMillan's expedition to study native tribes of the Arctic. Hubbard's personal copy. This work recounts the expeditions of 1906, 1910, and 1912, the last of which was foiled by bad weather just 125 feet from the summit. Browne was instrumental in disproving Frederick Cook's claim to have reached the summit in 1907. Neate B191; Wickersham 4893; Tourville 699.
Add this copy of The Conquest of Mount McKinley to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Gail P Kennon Book-Comber rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West New York, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1956 by Houghton Mifflin.
Add this copy of The Conquest of Mount McKinley the Story of Three to cart. $332.00, good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1913 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1913. Xviii, 382 pgs. Illustrated with 95 illustrations, folding map and an endpaper map. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (spine ends are rubbed and worn, rubbing present to the boards, corners bumped and worn). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Map has a piece missing from the lower left corner. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Belmore Browne (1880-1954) accomplished painter, explorer, mountain climber, and great proponent of northern outdoor living and wilderness adventure. "The Conquest of Mount McKinley"---the story of the three attempts made by Professor Herschel C. Parker and Mr. Browne to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, is of absorbing interest to mountaineers. It may be remembered that Professor Parker and Mr. Browne were with Dr. F. A. Cook on the occasion of his second attempt to climb McKinley, in 1906, and that after their return to the coast Dr. Cook claimed to have reached the summit. The Parker Browne expedition of 1910 was undertaken primarily to prove the worth of Dr. Cook's claim, disbelieved by them from the outset, as their knowledge of the country satisfied them that no "dash to the summit" could possibly have been made in the short time at Dr. Cook's disposal. They were successful in this part of their venture, securing photographs that disproved Dr. Cook's story, but their ascent of McKinley was blocked at an altitude of 10, 300 feet. These attempts, both undertaken from the south, were followed by the still more arduous expedition of 1912, when, starting again from the south, they crossed the Alaskan Range and made their attack on the summit from the northeast. It was an heroic undertaking, involving the relaying of all their provisions and outfits by dog sled across the unknown range and up to an altitude of 11, 000 feet, and thence back-packing to the camp at 16, 615 feet, from which the final attempts were made. While contributing greatly to the knowledge of the country, and being in itself a noteworthy achievement, this laborious route across the Alaskan Range cost them their ultimate success. Within only three or four hundred feet of the summit they were driven back by heavy storms. Their long fight with the icy wilderness had taken the best of their strength; their stomachs revolted at the pemmican, their most important article of diet, and for lack of food they were compelled to return after two storm-defeated attempts on the final snow slope. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 381 pages.
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1913, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Publisher:
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Published:
1913 First edition 1913
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16477637612
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xvii, 381 pp. Octavo. Original very decorative gilt and black stamped binding. Spine only slightly darkened as usual. Top edge trimmed and gilt with gold. Other edges untrimmed. Map endpapers. Colour frontispiece from a painting by Belmore Browne. 65 mainly black and white illustrations from photos and paintings. Some pages untrimmed. Folding map (at end) Four pages of adverts at the end. A pleasing copy in superior condition bright and clean. AB 2340; Neate B191. Detailed account of three expeditions to climb McKinley in 1906, 1910, and 1912, with full descriptions of the climbs and routes. Belmore Browne was one of the major opponents against Cook's claim to have made the first ascent of McKinley.
