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Don Whillans. Portrait of a Mountaineer.
by Whillans, Don and Alick Ormerod
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0434862517
- ISBN 13
- 9780434862511
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1971 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (cloth rather mottled, a few spots, slight crease to one corner, otherwise quite crisp and bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. x (last blank), 266, with 25 illustrations. A very good reading copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America]. Although unmarked, this copy is ex-libris Jack Street, a well known hard climber from the 1960s. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027650
- Title
- Don Whillans. Portrait of a Mountaineer.
- Author
- Whillans, Don and Alick Ormerod
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0434862517
- ISBN 13
- 9780434862511
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Don Whillans Portrait of a Mountaineer Alick Ormerod British Climbing Autobiography Joe Brown Annapurna Eiger Everest Cerro Torre Patagonia Alpinism
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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