Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.
by WHYMPER, EDWARD
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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About This Item
1984. Turnhout, Time-Life Books, 1984. 8vo. In full imitated leather with red title-labels to spine with gilt lettering and gilt lines to edges of front board. Introductory sheet and bookplate loosely inserted. A very nice and clean copy, near mint. XVIII, (2), 432 pp. + 1 folded plate and 5 folded maps. Facsimile of the 1871 edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Herman H. J. Lynge & Son (DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44875
- Title
- Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.
- Author
- WHYMPER, EDWARD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
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Copenhagen
About Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son A/S was founded 1821 in Copenhagen, and has been a member of the Danish Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABF) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB-LILA) since their beginning.
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- Facsimile
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- Near Mint
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...