How Mountains are Climbed
by Showell Styles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 158 pages. Illustrated dustjacket over grey cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper with partially removed bookplate. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Pen inscription to front flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1632721037MHA
- Title
- How Mountains are Climbed
- Author
- Showell Styles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.