On High Hills: Memories of the Alps
by Young, Geoffrey Winthrope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Blue dust jacket with white lettering over green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Twenty four black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Light foxing, tanning and thumb marking to edges of pages otherwise in good overall condition. Boards have mild shelf wear to board edges with spine ends creased and bumps to corners. Unclipped jacket has visible edge wear with some tears and small missing pieces.
Geoffrey Winthrop Young was a British climber, poet and educator, and author of several notable books on mountaineering.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Warren
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10000306
- Title
- On High Hills
- Author
- Young, Geoffrey Winthrope
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 352
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Climbing
Terms of Sale
The Book Warren
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Warren
Biblio member since 2018
Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway
About The Book Warren
Located near to Mennock Pass, The Book Warren Bothy is now an online and by appointment, bricks and mortar shop. We sell vintage and antique titles as well as a curated selection of new books.
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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