Alpine Ways. [With Photographs by the Author.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by SMYTHE Frank S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A & C Black,, 1942. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, 46 fine plates in photogravure and full-page map in the text, some mild offsettinjg from fold-ins to free endpapers; green buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in ivory, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42467
- Title
- Alpine Ways. [With Photographs by the Author.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- SMYTHE Frank S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black,
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- travel, europe, alps, alpine, smythe, frank smythe,
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About the Seller
Island Books
Biblio member since 2004
Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...