The Victorian Mountaineers
by Clark, Ronald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Charles T. Branford Company, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing. Very good hardcover first American edition in unclipped dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Very short closed tear to cloth at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name on front fixed endpaper. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Clean text pages with rose red top stained upper page edges. Illustrated with 50 wonderful old photographs. 232 pages with Index. Dust jacket has two closed edge tears, slight edge/corner wear, small cataloging number at base of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book that will appeal not only to climbers, but to those who are fascinated by the great men and women of an extraordinary era..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033931
- Title
- The Victorian Mountaineers
- Author
- Clark, Ronald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition, First printing
- Publisher
- Charles T. Branford Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING, VICTORIAN AGE, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, ADVENTURE, RONALD CLARK, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Mountaineering;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....