The West Face
by Magnone, Guido
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Museum Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 166 pp, with 13 plates. Translated from the French by J.F. Burke. Preface by Maurice Herzog. Spine toned, boards lightly edgeworn, endpapers foxed, but still a good, sound copy, with an original publisher's review slip laid in. An account of the first ascent of the West Face of the Aiguille du Dru by Magnone, Adrien Dagory, Lucien Berardini, and Marcel Laine. Neate M29.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11482
- Title
- The West Face
- Author
- Magnone, Guido
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Alps Alpinism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....