Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
de Mason, Kenneth
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- G/No Jacket
- Librería
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 8vo. original green cloth gilt (ex-library, with rsm's to endpapers, title page & fore-edge, otherwise clean & crisp internally. Portions of dustwrapper pasted to front board & FFE. Large library cat. no. on spine); pp. xii (last blank), 372, with 21 plates & 16 maps/diagrams. A good reading copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.
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- Librería
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000027
- Título
- Abode of Snow. A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
- Autor
- Mason, Kenneth
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - G
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1955
- Palabras clave
- Kenneth Mason Abode Snow History Himalayan Exploration
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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