ASCENT : Of the Invention of Mountain Climbing and Its Practice
by Bernstein, Jeremy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bicolor boards/Fine. DJ/Poor; sound w/nips, chips, closed tears, small losses to upper spine edge and to front cover. PO name to front cover verso. This book grew out of "experiences with the Chamonix guides ... a remarkable groups of men ... who taught" physicist Jeremy Bernstein "something about mountaineering ... and helped me with the material for the book." Through this volume Bernstein passes on an enthusiasm for alpinism --- that is, mountain climbing for its own sake.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008498
- Title
- ASCENT : Of the Invention of Mountain Climbing and Its Practice
- Author
- Bernstein, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Mountaineering/Alphinism/Sports/Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Mountaineering/Rock Climbing;
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