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HERMANN GEIGER. Pilote Des Glaciers20
by Guex, André
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket Issued?
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Lausanne: Librairie Marguerat S. A., 1954. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket Issued?. Uncommon hard cover edition in french (the first was issued as soft cover). Original red cloth, color photo inset on front cover, gilt lettering spine. FINE condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, clean, no foxing. Book measures 222mm tall x 153mm, and has 204 pages, 48 b/w photos, 12 sketches. Text in french. The experiences of author's pioneer flying of ski-fitted plane in the Alps, developing glacier & snow landing techniques, & accounts of rescues of climbers & skiers involving daring glacier landings.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000403
- Title
- HERMANN GEIGER. Pilote Des Glaciers20
- Author
- Guex, André
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued?
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie Marguerat S. A.
- Place of Publication
- Lausanne
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Alpi, Alpes, Alps, Alpen, Aviation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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