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TOMBS OF BLUE ICE
by Faust, Ron
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of First Edition. Original light blue boards, black lettering spine. Book is in fine condition except for some minor rubbing bottom front cover edges near corner tips, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, clean pages. Original dust jacket is present: rubbing at corner tips, 1cm tear lower rear, 5mm tear upper rear, clipped front flap corner. FICTION. Climbing in the Alps to learn the truth of the disappearance of a climbing companion left injured on a peak--a thriller. Book measures 215mm tall x 14cm and has 210 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000415
- Title
- TOMBS OF BLUE ICE
- Author
- Faust, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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