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The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903 --- FIRST EDITION 1905
by Merzbacher, Dr. Gottfried
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1905. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1905 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original dark navy cloth, gilt lettering cover & spine, gilt on top edge of text block, bottom & fore-edge of text block untrimmed as issued. Much better than average condition example of this important, scarce book. This example is from the collection of Prof. Larry Swan who was himself an explorer/pioneer climber in the Himalaya. Swan was a member of the 1954 USA expedition that attempted to climb Makalu. A biologist and polymath, he contributed several scientific papers to the study of Himalayan natural history. The book has clean covers with normal slight darkening to spine, Swan's name and address are penned on the corner of the FFEP and a penned title in Swan's hand is on the blank verso of the folding rear map titling it "Central Tian Shan Merzbacher" -- otherwise, there are no previous owner's names/marks or writing on any pages. The book has bright gilt and no fading to the covers. There is a very faint 2cm wide drop mark on the front cover that is hard to detect without raking light (basically some loss of cover sheen at the spot = no discoloration). The binding is solid (nothing loose or shaken), no foxing. There is tanning to frontispiece tissue guard with minor transfer tanning to the title page. Very light rubbing to cover edges without rub-through of the cloth (= just loss of coloring, no loss of cloth). Overall, a collectible condition example of this rare book. The book measures 229mm tall x 145mm, and has 285 pages, 20 b/w photos, folding map, index PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003009
- Title
- The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903 --- FIRST EDITION 1905
- Author
- Merzbacher, Dr. Gottfried
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, china, Everest, Himalaya, Xixapangma, Shisha Pangma, Kongur, K2, Karakoram, Tian Shan, Tianshan, Mustagh Ata
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Everest;
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Title Page
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- Verso
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- Spine
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
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- Cloth
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