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Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego: A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration
by Conway, Martin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Kenmore, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Cassell, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. London: Cassell 1902, first edition. Burgundy cloth in good condition; expertly rebacked with new endpapers, bumps to upper corner & fore edge, foxing to back of frontis & tissue guard (but frontis photo is unaffected). All plates are present, & the folding map is in excellent condition. No dust jacket. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 252 pp. + ads. Ascent of Aconcagua & attempt on Sarmiento in Tierra del Fuego. Conway was Alpine Club president 1902-04.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Azarat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2891
- Title
- Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego: A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration
- Author
- Conway, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Aconcagua, Andes, Sarmiento
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Azarat Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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