K2 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY -- UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY
by Curran, Jim
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket Issued?
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket Issued?. First printing of the USA paperback version of the book: UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Original tan paperback with black lettering front and spine. The front cover has discoloration from direct exposure to water that has created a strong tideline. Rear cover and spine have no staining or soiling. The lower 4cm of the first 40 pages have very slight warping (not bad) but no staining or tideline. There is a 5mm wide tan drip stain on bottom edge of text block, but it does not penetrate onto the page faces. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The book measures 211mm tall x 136mm, and has 219 pages, 42 b/w photos, 2 maps, index. The climbs & disaster of the 1986 expeditions to K2 (13 people died, PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Seller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003213
- Title
- K2 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY -- UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY
- Author
- Curran, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued?
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, K2, Karakoram, Central Asia, Baltoro
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Central Asia;
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