Climbs On Mont Blanc
by Lepiney, Jacques and Tom
- 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
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1930 first edition. Original light grey cloth with navy lettering & small decoration spine. Very good condition with slight sunning to spine, clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, fore-edge foxing, foxing on first several pages (somewhat heavy) but little to no foxing past page 6 except opposite a few photo plates, solid binding. The book measures 214mm tall x 132mm, and has 179 pages, 16 b/w photos. Accounts of hard climbs (at the time) in the Mont Blanc Range by two brothers in the 1920s. They made first ascents of many routes including N Face Aiguille du Plan, N Face Grand Capuchin, Trident on Mont Blanc du Tucal. The first 50 pages are on climbs on the Italian Face of Mont Blanc. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002147
- Title
- Climbs On Mont Blanc
- Author
- Lepiney, Jacques and Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, monte bianco, mont blanc, chamonix
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Alps;
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