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Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America -- HARDCOVER 1st USA Edition
by Roper, Steve & Allen Steck
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1979. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA EDITION. Original grayish tan cloth, gilt lettering cover & spine. The book is in nice condition with no marks, no rubbing, no previous owner's name or mark, no writing or marks on any pages (other than the signatures on the title page), no foxing, no folded or creased page corners, clean, tight binding, no fading. Original dust jacket has usual fading to spine, tiny loss at tips of corners, 8cm curving tear lower spine, 4cm straight tear upper spine, tiny 2mm deep x 16mm loss upper rear edge, price-clipped flap corner. The book measures 28cm tall x 21cm, and has 324 pages, many b/w photos, several maps, bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Synopsis
Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America is a climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. It is considered a definitive piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers as simply "The Book", and has served as an inspiration for more recent climbing books, such as Mark Kroese's Fifty Favorite Climbs. Though much of the book's contents is now out of date, it is still recognized as a definitive text which goes beyond the traditional guidebook.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003256
- Title
- Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America -- HARDCOVER 1st USA Edition
- Author
- Roper, Steve & Allen Steck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Rock Climbing, Yosemite, Denali, Canadian Rockies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Canada; SIGNED Mountain; Alaska;
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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