Kingdom of Adventure: Everest
by Ullman, James Ramsey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sloan. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A chronicle of man's assualt on the earth's highest mountain. The author was an American mountaineer and writer who was well-qualified to write this book as he was intimately aquainted with Everest and many of the people who attempted to conquer the mountain. Previous owner's name on the front end paper, else a clean, tight, unmarked book in the publisher's original black cloth covers with gilt spine lettering. The dust jacket has a few marginal tears and is price-clipped; the jacket's spine is faded and waterstained (not affecting the book itself). ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11147
- Title
- Kingdom of Adventure: Everest
- Author
- Ullman, James Ramsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Sloan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Tibet, Everest
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....