The Beckoning Silence (Signed By Author)
by Simpson, Joe
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good (+)
- ISBN 10
- 0224061801
- ISBN 13
- 9780224061803
- Seller
-
Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. Flat signed by Joe Simpson to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 290pp. The intrepid mountaineer takes us through his adventures in Bolivia, the Alps, Colorado, Spain and finally the North Face of the Eiger. He tells us of his fears, exhilarations and despairs along with the painful loss of climbing friends. Tucked in is a further example of the signature from another book.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
Synopsis
Joe Simpson won the Boardman Tasker Award and the NCR Award for his bestseller Touching the Void , which has been published all over the world. His later books, all bestsellers, include This Game of Ghosts , Dark Shadows Falling , Storms of Silence and a novel, The Water People .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026629
- Title
- The Beckoning Silence (Signed By Author)
- Author
- Simpson, Joe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (+)
- ISBN 10
- 0224061801
- ISBN 13
- 9780224061803
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Climbing, Mountaineering, North Face Eiger
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering / Caving;
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
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