Devil Mountain -- 1942 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition
by Dennison, L. R
- 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
New York: Hastings House, 1942. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1942 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original green cloth with brown decoration front cover, brown lettering spine. Sunning to spine,rubbed corner tips and spine ends, generally clean, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, complete with all pages and photos. The book measures 213mm tall x 143mm and has 271 pages, 26 b/w photos, EP map. Prospecting around Mt Auyan-Tepui in Venezuela with pilot Jimmy Angel. Describes seeing Angel Falls, highest in the world & ascent to top of Mt Auyan-Tepui in search of gold. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002934
- Title
- Devil Mountain -- 1942 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition
- Author
- Dennison, L. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, andes, venzuela, auyan-teui, angel's falls, amazon, south america
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; ANDES;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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