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THE CLIMBER'S BEDSIDE BOOK
by STYLES, SHOWELL
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING OF FIRST EDITIOIN. Near fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding. LACKING the dust jacket. The book measures 205mm tall x 133mm, and has 256 pages, index. Includes true stories from the mountaineering record, brief biographies of 50 climbers, details about 100 notable mountains. green cloth, gilt lettering spine. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001279
- Title
- THE CLIMBER'S BEDSIDE BOOK
- Author
- STYLES, SHOWELL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Karakoram, Baltoro, K2, Central Asia, Chogori, Matterhorn, Mt Cook, the Grepon, Nanga Parbat, Mount McKinley, Nanda Devi, Everest, Mont Blanc, K2, Mt Kenya, Kangch
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; CLIMBS IN UK; Mountains Alps;
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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