Great ascents: a narrative history of mountaineering / [by] Eric Newby
by Newby, Eric
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0715374087
- ISBN 13
- 9780715374085
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About This Item
Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index. Contents; Mont Blanc and the early days in the Alps (Alfred Wills and the Wetterhorn ; Ascent of the Matterhorn ; William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and Dog Tschingel) -- The Eiger -- Turkey : Mount Ararat -- New Zealand : Mount Cook -- The American continents (Aconcagua ; Mount McKinley ; The Canadian Rockies ; The Yosemite and El Capitan) -- The Himalaya (The Karakoram and the first attempt on Everest ; The first ascent of Everest ; Everest after 1953 and the first traverse ; Nanga Parbat ; Annapurna ; Annapurna, the South Face). Subjects; Mountaineering History. Mountain climbing. Mont Blanc. The Alps. Yosemite.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406153
- Title
- Great ascents: a narrative history of mountaineering / [by] Eric Newby
- Author
- Newby, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715374087
- ISBN 13
- 9780715374085
- Publisher
- Newton Abbot : David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1977
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