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The Ascent Of Denali (Mount McKinley). A Narrative Of The First Complete Ascent Of The Highest Peak In North America -- 1914 First Printing WITH SIGNED by Stuck card
de Stuck, Hudson
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1914 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. WITH card SIGNED and dated March 14, 1914 by Stuck (one month after publication of the book). Original green cloth, gilt lettering cover & spine, grey & white decoration front cover of climber on mountain. Cleaner and brighter than usual, light rubbing to tips of cover corners, no previous owner marks or writing, no foxing, no foxing, some browning to EPs and edges of text block, solid binding, folding map has a little crinkling do to improper folding but no tears. Overall better than average condition for this book. Stuck handwritten, dated signature is on thick card headed with "The Graduate Club. New Haven Connecticut" where Stuck likely gave a lecture. The signature and writing are very strong in black ink written with a fountain pen. Stuck's signature is very uncommon. We have encountered only 3 other examples in over 40 years of searching. The book measures 214mm tall x 140mm, and has 188 pages, 34 b/w plates, folding map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Detalles
- Librería
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003164
- Título
- The Ascent Of Denali (Mount McKinley). A Narrative Of The First Complete Ascent Of The Highest Peak In North America -- 1914 First Printing WITH SIGNED by Stuck card
- Autor
- Stuck, Hudson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1914
- Palabras clave
- Mountaineering, Arrampicata, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Mt. Mckinley, Denali, Mountain, Mount Mckinley, Alaska
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Cascades USA Mountains; Mountaineering; Alaska;
Términos de venta
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
