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White Winds. America's Most Tragic Climb --- 1981 SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
by Wilcox, Joe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Alamitos: Hwong, 1981. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1981 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED by Wilcox on the first blank page (opposite the short-title page). Original black cloth, gilt lettering cover & spine. The book has clean covers, no rubbing, no fading, very slight bowing to covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is clean, has rubbing at corners, 1cm short tear lower rear, original printed price still present on front flap corner. The book measures 235mm tall x 150mm, and has 498 pages, 65 b/w photos, 6 appendices, EP diagram. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003285
- Title
- White Winds. America's Most Tragic Climb --- 1981 SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
- Author
- Wilcox, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hwong
- Place of Publication
- Los Alamitos
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Mt. Mckinley, Denali, Mountain, Mount Mckinley, Alaska
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Alaska;
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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