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Citizen Of Two Worlds
by Ata-Ullah, Mohammad
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA Edition. Original purple cloth with gilt lettering spine, small gilt publisher's emblem lower front cover. Ex-library book with library stamp on front pastedown, title page, text block edges, penned number on dedication page, no other library marks or writing on any other pages, remnants of bookplate and card pocket on front and rear pastedown, no foxing, fraying to cloth at ends of spine, some rubbing to cloth along bottom edges of covers, solid binding, complete. The book has 285 pages. Autobiography. Author was medical doctor and officer in the Army of the British Raj of Pakistan. He was the only Pakistani full member of the 1953 American K2 expedition. There are 5 chapters describing the expedition. He was also a member of Desio's 1954 K2 expedition. There are 2 chapters on this. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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- Seller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003127
- Title
- Citizen Of Two Worlds
- Author
- Ata-Ullah, Mohammad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, k2, karakoram, karakorum, karakorams, baltoro, mustagh
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Central Asia;
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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