The Conquest of Fitzroy
by Azema, M. A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Fairlawn, New Jersey: Essential Books, Inc., 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. Hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Some yellowing to pages, else clean, with a few small notations. Illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings. Browning to endpapers. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 237 pages with Glossary. Dust jacket is clean except that someone drew the path taken up the mountain in ink on photo of the mountain; a few small edge chips; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The French Expedition to Mount FitRoy in the Patagonian Andes, which reached the summit in February, 1952. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035057
- Title
- The Conquest of Fitzroy
- Author
- Azema, M. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Essential Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Fairlawn, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- mountain climbing, mountaineering, first edition, Fitzroy, M. A. Azema, French Expedition, Patagonian Andes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; South America; Mountaineering;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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