New York: Harper & Brothers. HB. Black cloth, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 256 pp. No date, but circa 1954. Illustrated with photographs and maps. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, minor soiling edges of text block. In unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket that shows some chipping, 1/4" loss top of spine. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: FU6502
Title: Forerunners to Everest
Author: Dittert, Rene
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...