The Breaking Strain
by Merrick, Hugh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/VG+
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable, 1950 F-/VG+. 12mo. original black cloth (a little rubbed, spine a trifle slanted, a few fore-edge spots, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (edges slightly rubbed & frayed, discrete closed tear to tail edge); pp. 304. A near fine copy. [Neate X248: An incompetant climber leads his party to disaster on an Alpine Peak].. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012904
- Title
- The Breaking Strain
- Author
- Merrick, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...