Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)
by Krakauer, Jon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375502807
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502804
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Villard Books, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in original printed clear acetate dust jacket. Published NY: Villard Books, 1998. Square 8vo., 9 1/4" x 9 1/4", xxii+407pp., illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Cream cloth with blue titles and cover design, color pictorial endpapers. "Now, in Into Thin Air: The Illustrated Edition, readers are given a new dimension of insight into this harrowing story with the addition of more than 250 photographs that show the people, the places, and the history, illustrating not only the ill-fated 1996 climb, but the pursuit of Everest itself. The book includes the complete text of Into Thin Air, with a new Postscript by the author, and is lavishly illustrated with stunning black-and-white photographs, the majority of which were taken during the 1996 expedition by the climbers themselves." Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight crinkle at the crown. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
Synopsis
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.
Reviews
On Feb 28 2017, a reader said:
very suspenseful. Interesting and sounds dangerous.
On Oct 2 2010, AngelaAndrews said:
The book arrived in excellent condition. It was like-new!
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008827
- Title
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0375502807
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502804
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
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About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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