LOWELL THOMAS' BOOK OF THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
by Thomas, Lowell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Julian Messner, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boardsd/VG; strong & sound w/rubs to leading edges, showing discoloration, & tape remanents. DJ/NF; under mylar. Tape mark shadows to front & rear covers verso as well. A narrative of majestic mountains by writer, traveller and radio broadcast star Lowell Thomas (1892 - 1981) who first felt the intoxication of mountains in the Rockies. He says, "Mountaineers ... are always free... Man as an individual is free when he loses himself on one of the world's giants". Text, well illustrated, composed of 34 chapters in 9 parts: I, The Magic of the Mountains; II, The Eternal Hills of Europe; III, The Brooding Mountains of Asia; IV, The Mysterious Mountains of Africa; V, Christ of the Andes; VI, Mountains of the New World; VII, Mountains in the Sea; VIII, Man on the Summit; and IX, The Lore of the Mountains.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007399
- Title
- LOWELL THOMAS' BOOK OF THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
- Author
- Thomas, Lowell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Julian Messner
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
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