Climbs of My Youth
by Roch, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd, 1949 8vo. original black cloth gilt (a little rubbed & marked; front cover of dustwrapper loosely eclosed for interest); pp. 160 (last colophon), with 17 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate R57: Roch was one of the great inter-war Swiss climbers. He climbed in the Himalaya in 1939 and 1947, and was a member of the 1952 Everest expedition].. First English. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020151
- Title
- Climbs of My Youth
- Author
- Roch, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- Lindsay Drummond Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Andre Roch Climbs of My Youth Swiss Alps Alpinism Switzerland Climbing Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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