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Ascent the Spiritual and Physical quest of Willi Unsoeld
by Leamer, Laurence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original grey boards, navy cloth spine with red gilt lettering. Book measures 22cm tall x 14cm, and has 392 pages, 25 photos. BOOK CONDITION: fine shape but fading to lower edges of covers, publisher's emblem stamped to lower edge of text block, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight binding, no foxing. DUST JACKET CONDITION: tiny 5mm chip upper front, tiny 4mm chip upper rear, minor edge rubbing.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000451
- Title
- Ascent the Spiritual and Physical quest of Willi Unsoeld
- Author
- Leamer, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Mt Everest, Mount Chomolungma, Mt Rainier, Karakoram
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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