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Unclimbed New Zealand. Alpine Travel in the Caterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps. -- FIRST EDITION
by Pascoe, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1939. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST USA PRINTING OF FIRST EDITION. CONDITION: the book has 15mm repaired tear at top of spine, otherwise, there is some minor rubbing (= fading) at spine corners, previous owner mountain bookplate on front pastedown, no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, binding is tight and solid, some foxing on end pages but almost NO foxing elsewhere, pages clean and bright. Book measures 237mm tall x 152mm, and had 238 pages, 76 b/w & 2 colour photos, 3 sketches, 3 fldg maps, glossary, biblio.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000450
- Title
- Unclimbed New Zealand. Alpine Travel in the Caterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps. -- FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Pascoe, John
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Alps New Zealand, Southern Alps, Very Wet Mornings in a Tent
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
All items are guaranteed as described. Any purchase may be returned for a full refund within 10 working days as long as it is returned in the same condition and is packed and shipped correctly. Prior notification is appreciated. All items subject to prior sale.
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
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