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Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks : A Record of Pioneer Work Among the Canadian Alps 1908-1912
by Palmer, Howard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First U.K. Edition, bound from the first U.S. sheets w. "The Knickerbocker Press, New York" printed at foot of c.p. and "1914" on c.p and t.p. Publishers green cloth w. title stamped in black onto spine, gilt crest stamped onto upper board, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. xxvii, (xxviii - blank), 1-439, (440- blank), (4 - pub. ads *n.b. - same ads as 1st US edition), (2 - blanks), captioned tissue-guarded frontis, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions throughout, errata, indices, appendices and tables. All four maps and both diagrams (4 of the 6 being fold-outs w. 2 of the fold-out maps being colored) are fine. Bound in publisher's special gift binding with gilt crest stamped onto upper board and prize bookplate "Hertford Grammar School / A.E. Drewery" to front pastedown, else unmarked throughout. Volume with hairline cracks to both hinges, text block with scattered spotting and occasional browning, bottom corner of one leaf (p. 37/38) with a 3 inch closed tear and some creasing noted, with the three following leaves also having a faint sympathetic crease. Price intact dust jacket is toned with modest overall wear, sunning to spine panel and edges. DJ has title printed in black onto spine panel with publisher's ads for eleven titles and "Putnam, 24 Bedford St., London, W.C.2" printed on back panel. "The principal work on the Selkirk Range." Neate P07 ; "A classic of mountaineering history, thorough and beautifully written." Whale 1135 ; E&L 2716. Uncommon in a nice complete jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3570
- Title
- Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks : A Record of Pioneer Work Among the Canadian Alps 1908-1912
- Author
- Palmer, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 1914
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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