High Adventure - SIGNED by Hillary
by Hillary, Edmund
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1955. A very good book with spotting to the page edges - some spotting to the prelims. SIGNED without dedication by Hillary on the half title page. In a very good clipped wrapper (clipped to the rare flap), with some pushing to the head of the spine. Chipping to the spine tips and corners. Internal tape repairs. Closed tear to the top of the front panel. Rare signed
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15144
- Title
- High Adventure - SIGNED by Hillary
- Author
- Hillary, Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John Atkinson Books
Biblio member since 2008
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
About John Atkinson Books
Offering rare and unique signed books not available elsewhere with constant changes in stock. Our showroom holds 100 rare first editions
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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...