Alone to Everest
by Denman, Earl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1954 VG/VG. 8vo. original red cloth gilt, lower edge uncut (prev. owner's name boldly written onto FFE, occ. spotting to edges of leaves, top edge dusty) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, some rubbing to rear panel, a few short closed tears, spotting to reverse); pp. 256 (last blank), with 13 plates & 4 maps. A very good copy. [Neate D17: Canadian Denman travelled in disguise through Tibet with a few native companions and made a solo attempt on Everest from the north. The first half of the book recounts his ascents of all the remote Virunga Mountains in Central Africa].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001788
- Title
- Alone to Everest
- Author
- Denman, Earl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First UK
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Earl Denman Alone to Everest Canada Tibet Himalaya Virunga Mountains Congo Rwanda
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- Dustwrapper
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
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