{"product_id":"the-last-hero-bill-tillman-a-biography-of-the-expolorer-tim-madge-1st-ed","title":"The Last Hero: Bill Tillman, a Biography of the Expolorer, Tim Madge — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, 1995\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 288.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The blue cloth boards remain remarkably sharp and clean, with unoxidised, bright gilt lettering to the spine. The binding is completely tight and square, showing no evidence of shelf-lean or structural fatigue. Internally, the text block is exceptionally clean and entirely free from foxing, moisture damage, or previous ownership markings, with only the faintest hint of uniform age-toning to the extreme page margins, which is typical for this paper stock. The original dust jacket is unclipped, and presents beautifully, exhibiting only very trivial, almost microscopic rubbing to the extreme head and tail edges of the spine panel. Overall, a highly attractive and extremely well-preserved copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a true First Edition, First Impression, confirmed by the presence of the full number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the publisher's copyright page. The volume features an unclipped dust jacket and includes a central section of black-and-white photographic plates illustrating Tilman’s extraordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile this edition remains relatively common on the open market, copies surviving in such clean, unblemished condition are increasingly desirable for collectors of 20th-century mountaineering and maritime history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMajor H. W. \"Bill\" Tilman was one of the foremost British explorers of the twentieth century. From his legendary mountaineering ascents in the Himalayas and Africa alongside Eric Shipton to his subsequent deep-sea voyages in the famed Bristol pilot cutter \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e, Tilman lived a life of rigorous and unrelenting adventure. In this authoritative biography, Tim Madge draws upon a wealth of previously unpublished material and private diaries to chart the complex, deeply private character of a man who famously rejected the comforts of the modern world in favour of uncharted peaks and freezing Arctic waters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54618472448339,"sku":"5136","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_131807.jpg?v=1787043200","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-last-hero-bill-tillman-a-biography-of-the-expolorer-tim-madge-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}