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First on the Summits
by Styles, Showell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/G
- ISBN 10
- 057500519X
- ISBN 13
- 9780575005198
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1970 G/G. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (ex-library with usual rsms, labels, tape marks etc to outer leaves & boards, some damp rippling to top edge) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with slight wear at extremities, backstrip tape reinforced, tape marks to flaps); pp. 158 (last blank), with 15 plates & text maps. A reading copy. [Neate S183: Covers the Matterhorn, Cook, Grepon, Nanga Parbat, McKinley, Nanda Devi, Everest, Mont Blanc, K2, Mt. Kenya, Kanchenjunga, Muztagh Tower].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/G.
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Details
- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 009123
- Title
- First on the Summits
- Author
- Styles, Showell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- G
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 057500519X
- ISBN 13
- 9780575005198
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Showell Styles First on the Summits Mountaineering History
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...