Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges
by COLLIE, J. NORMAN
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About This Item
David Douglas 1902. DATE & OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ESTEEMED NZ CLIMBER MAVIS DAVIDSON, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, coloured folding maps, vii + 315pp + plates, illus, VG- (spine competely detached but present, light bruising to board corners, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout, 8cm loss to top corner of fep, frontispiece completely detached but present, cracking to full length of gutters sporadically throughout)
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- Title
- Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges
- Author
- COLLIE, J. NORMAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David Douglas 1902
- Keywords
- Himalayas climbing mountains mountaineering signed Mavis Davidson illustrated history
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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...
- Edges
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- Spine
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...