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Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator [with] Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
de Whymper, Edward
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good+
- Librería
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Murray, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First edition of both volumes: Volume I (published in 1892): pp xxiv, 456, with four maps (3 folding, including one in rear pocket), 20 full-page illustrations and more than 100 additional illustrations in the text, appendices, index. Rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine, no illustration or decoration on boards. Upper corners bumped, some smudges to margins. Supplement (published in 1891): pp. xxii, (4), 147, with 14 plates and additional drawings in the text. In original green cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering and decoration. Bookplate on front pastedown, foxing to front and rear blanks, otherwise clean and sound. One of the classics of South American mountaineering literature, the book describes Whymper's climbs of Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, among others, and also includes much on the natural history and geology of the Andes. Neate (W66) describes the book as "still essential reading for anyone visiting Ecuador.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 22773
- Título
- Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator [with] Supplementary Appendix to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
- Autor
- Whymper, Edward
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1892
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mountaineering; South and Central America;
Términos de venta
Walkabout Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Walkabout Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2011
Chehalis, Washington
Sobre Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
