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Early Travellers In The Alps. 16th Century Travelling Conditions, The Earliest Alpine Tourists, A Famous Alpine Expedition, A War In The Alps, The Greatest Alpine Tourist -- 1967 Unabridged Hardcover
by G. R. de Beer
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: October House Inc., 1967. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1967 UNABRIDGED NY Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book clean covers, very slightly sunned spine, no owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has minor diffuse soiling, some very tiny nicks at corner tips, price-clipped inside front flap corner. The book measures 207mm tall x 145mm, and has 204 pages, 40 b/w plates, 32 text illustrations, 5 maps (1 folding), bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003135
- Title
- Early Travellers In The Alps. 16th Century Travelling Conditions, The Earliest Alpine Tourists, A Famous Alpine Expedition, A War In The Alps, The Greatest Alpine Tourist -- 1967 Unabridged Hardcover
- Author
- G. R. de Beer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- October House Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, suisse, schweiz, switzerland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Alps;
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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