The Climb Up to Hell
by OLSEN, JACK
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd 1962. First edition, octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, illus, VG- (owner's name in ink to fep, slight dampstaining to upper spine extrem & to front board upper corner & carrying over to first few pages, moderate browning throughout, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to upper edges, 2cm tear with loss to front upper edge, bruising & nicks to corners & spine extrems, dampstaining to upper spine & to rear edges, 3cm split to central spine, price clipped, moderate soiling to rear)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Climb Up to Hell
- Author
- OLSEN, JACK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd 1962
- Keywords
- Jack Olsen mountaineering climbing Eiger North Wall Italians Corti Longhi Germans Nothdurft Mayr mountain rescue Bernese Oberland guides
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- 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...
- Octavo
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- 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....