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THE VERTICAL WORLD OF YOSEMITE -- HARD COVER FIRST EDITION
by Rowell, Galen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 1974. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Old owner name penned to corner of blank FFEP, no other marks or writing, clean covers, solid binding, no foxing, overall nice condition. The dust jacket has big loss to upper front with most of title missing, 5cm tear and two 2cm tears front, 2cm loss top spine, three 2cm tears rear. The book measures 286mm tall x 215mm, and has 201 pages, 115 b/w & 16 color photos. A Yosemite classic, a collection of essays by pioneering wall climbers: Robbins(4), Chouinard(2), Harding(2), Pratt, Rowell, Steck, B. Robinson, Nelson, Sherrick, Macdonald, & D. Robinson, & a reprint of Proctor's account of the ascent of Half Dome in 1884. Fine set of photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001829
- Title
- THE VERTICAL WORLD OF YOSEMITE -- HARD COVER FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Rowell, Galen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Wilderness Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1974
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Arrampicata, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Yosemite Valley, Rock Climbing, Sierra Nevada, Sierras
- Bookseller catalogs
- CALIFORNIA Climbs and Mountains; Mountaineering;
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Portland, Oregon
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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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