The Call of the Snowy Hispar: A Narrative of Exploration and Mountaineering on the Northern Frontier of India
by William Hunter Workman; Fanny Bullock Workman; Cesare Calciati; Mathias Koncza
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on title page, pg 1, foldouts and most full page plates. binding q
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on title page, pg 1, foldouts and most full page plates. binding quite loose with separation beginning inside front hinge and at the gutter between signatures. some toning to plate margins. lots of wear to cover, including cloth fraying at corners and bottom of spine, with some cloth missing from top of spine). Burgundy library buckram with color pastedown on cover. 299 pp. BW illustrations, some foldout, and a foldout color map.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 134784
- Title
- The Call of the Snowy Hispar: A Narrative of Exploration and Mountaineering on the Northern Frontier of India
- Author
- William Hunter Workman; Fanny Bullock Workman; Cesare Calciati; Mathias Koncza
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on title page, pg 1, foldouts and most full page plates. binding q
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Travel ; mountaineering ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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