The Delectable Mountains
by Busk, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946 8vo. original cream cloth boards (upper hinge tender, mild rubbing to top edge, some marks to boards & backstrip, a couple of marks to frontispiece, otherwise clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii (last blank), 274, with 47 photographs & 4 maps. A very good copy. [Neate B222: British diplomat's climbing reminiscences; includes Pyrenees, Alps, U.S., Rockies, Persia].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000445
- Title
- The Delectable Mountains
- Author
- Busk, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Douglas Busk Delectable Mountains Climbing Autobiography Mountaineering Alps Pyrenees Rockies Persia Iran
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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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