Mountaineering ... With Contributions by W.M.Conway, D.W.Freshfield, C.E.Mathews, C.Pilkington, Sir F.Pollock, H.G.Willink, and an Introduction by Mr Justice Wills. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes].
by Dent, C.T. [Clinton Thomas]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892 8vo. original decorated cloth gilt (minor rubbing to headcaps & extremities, fore-edge of first third of book watermarked, some scattered spotting, bookplate and prev. owner's details to front endpapers, else clean & bright); pp. xx, 440 (last blank) + 2p. pubs. advts, with 13 plates & 93 text illustrations by H.G.Willink and Ellis Carr. A very good copy of the less common first edition. [Neate D20].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-. Illus. by H.G.Willink and Ellis Carr.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025355
- Title
- Mountaineering ... With Contributions by W.M.Conway, D.W.Freshfield, C.E.Mathews, C.Pilkington, Sir F.Pollock, H.G.Willink, and an Introduction by Mr Justice Wills. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes].
- Author
- Dent, C.T. [Clinton Thomas]
- Illustrator
- H.G.Willink and Ellis Carr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Clinton Thomas Dent Mountaineering Badminton Library Martin Conway Douglas Freshfield Willink
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Rubbing
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