Mountain World 1955
by Barnes, Malcolm (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Brown cloth (hard cover), in mylar protected dust-jacket. 222 pages; illustrated with photographs reproduced in large format, including several gate-folds. Includes accounts of expeditions to the Himalaya, Karakoram, Andes, Hoggar and New Zealand Alps, with the ascents of K2 and Cho Oyu and the California and New Zealand attempts on Makalu. In unclipped jacket showing some rubbing, former owner's signature, else clean and tight Size: Quarto. First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003384
- Title
- Mountain World 1955
- Author
- Barnes, Malcolm (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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