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Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)
de Wignall, Sydney
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0862415802
- ISBN 13
- 9780862415808
- Librería
-
Margate, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Edinburgh: Canongate, 1996. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYD WIGNALL, without dedication on title-page. Signing reads, 'Best wishes/from/Syd Wignall'. Illustrated with photographs, maps and line-drawings. Sydney Wignall (1922-2012) was a Welsh adventurer, spy and marine archaeologist who led the first Welsh Himalayan Expedition in 1955. The aim was to climb Gurla Mandhata which was the hightst peak in Chinese-occupied Tibet. He recounts how he was captured by the Red Army and held in jail accused of being a CIA spy. Light bruising to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author, Syd Wignall. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Greystone Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 18000
- Título
- Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)
- Autor
- Wignall, Sydney
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0862415802
- ISBN 13
- 9780862415808
- Editorial
- Canongate
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1996
- Palabras clave
- Signed. Autographed. Autobiography. Biography. Mountaineers. China. Travel. Explorers. Exploration. Himalayas. Welsh Himalayan Expedition. Mount Gurla Mandhata. Peoples Liberation Army. PLA. Chinese Military Intelligence. Spies. Spying. Military History.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Military; Travel;
Términos de venta
Greystone Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Greystone Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Margate
Sobre Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
