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Abode of Snow: A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering from Earliest Times to the Ascent of Everest
by Mason, Kenneth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 089886142X
- ISBN 13
- 9780898861426
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London / Seattle: Diadem / The Mountaineers, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in original dust jacket, publisher's errata slip laid in. Clean black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Faint staining to top text block edges. No names, writing or marks - all pages clean and bright and illustrated with magnificent photographs, maps. 366 pages. Dust jacket is clean but slightly age-toned; unclipped, no tears, one tiny chip at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Title
- Abode of Snow: A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering from Earliest Times to the Ascent of Everest
- Author
- Mason, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 089886142X
- ISBN 13
- 9780898861426
- Publisher
- Diadem / The Mountaineers
- Place of Publication
- London / Seattle
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, KENNETH MASON, FIRST EDITION, HIMALAYAS, HIMALAYAN EXPLORATION HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- New
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- 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....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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