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Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator: Supplementary Appendix & How to use the Aneroid Barometer
de Whymper, Edward
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Newcastle, Maine, United States
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WHYMPER, Edward. Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator.
London: John Murray, 1892. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. WITH: Supplementary Appendix. London: John Murray, 1891. WITH: How to Use the Aneroid Barometer. London: John Murray, 1891. Three volumes. Octavo, original full green cloth gilt, pamphlet in original printed wrappers, unopened.
Second edition (issued in the same year as the first) of Whymper's richly illustrated account of mountain adventure in the Andes, by one of the 19-century's premier mountaineers With 20 full-page and 118 in-text wood engravings and four maps (three folding, one loose in a pocket at rear as issued). This copy inscribed by Whymper on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Bruce, with the compliments & thanks of the author, Edward Whymper. March, 1895." Accompanied by the first edition of his Supplementary Appendix, and the scarce first edition of his pamphlet on the aneroid barometer.
Interiors fine. Light rubbing to corners of cloth volumes, A fine inscribed set in original bindings.
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- Librería
- Rachel Smith Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Nov007
- Título
- Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
- Autor
- Whymper, Edward
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Original full green cloth gilt
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- first & second
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1891-2
- Páginas
- 456, 147, 61
- Tamaño
- 8Vo.
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- mountaineers, mountaineering, Andes mountains
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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- Fine
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- Unopened
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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