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Climbing On The Himalaya And Other Mountain Ranges -- FIRST EDITION
de Collie, J. Norman
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine, top edge gilt. Splendid condition with clean covers & spine, no splitting or cracking of cloth, bright gilt lettering, tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, hinges fine and intact (not cracked), minor fore-edge & EP foxing, no foxing on inside pages, pages bright and clean. Book measures 227mm tall x 144mm, and has 315 pages, 18 b/w photos & sketches, 3 coloured folding maps, bibliography, index. One of the most important books in the climbing literature. This covers in detail the first real attempt to climb an 8000er, Nanga Parbat, where Mummery & his partners perished. Also considerable Canadian Rockies content (discovery & exploration of Columbia Icefield), climbing in Norway, Skye, classic firsts in the Chamonix Aiguilles with Mummery, etc.
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Detalles
- Librería
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001535
- Título
- Climbing On The Himalaya And Other Mountain Ranges -- FIRST EDITION
- Autor
- Collie, J. Norman
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Editorial
- David Douglas
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1902
- Palabras clave
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Himalaya, Canadian Rockies, Nanga Parbat, Karakoram, Lofoten Islands, Kashmir, Mont Blanc
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mountaineering;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Tight
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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