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K2 The Savage Mountain -- FIRST EDITION SIGNED By Authors
by Houston, Charles & R. Bates, et al
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clarence Doore. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA Edition. SIGNED by Charles Houston, by Robert Bates, and by Dee Molenaar on the title page. Original red cloth with gilt ice-axe decoration front, gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with minor marks to covers, slightly faded spine, old owner name on blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than the authors' signatures), solid binding, no foxing. The dust jacket has general edge wear, small loss at spine corners, some rubbing at the flap creases, some fading of the red area of spine, some old cello tape stains (tape is long gone) on front inside flap, original price is intact on inside front flap corner. The book measures 218mm tall x 141mm, and has 334 pages, 27 b/w & 9 color photos, 7 appendixes, drawings, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003046
- Title
- K2 The Savage Mountain -- FIRST EDITION SIGNED By Authors
- Author
- Houston, Charles & R. Bates, et al
- Illustrator
- Clarence Doore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, k2, karakoram, karakorum, karakorams, baltoro, mustagh
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Central Asia;
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- 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.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
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