In High Places
by Haston, Dougal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0304290734
- ISBN 13
- 9780304290734
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Co., 1972 VG/VG. 8vo. original light blue boards gilt (upper & lower edges a little toned, rsm 'Production Depart.' to FFE) in dustwrapper priced £2.75 (slightly rubbed & frayed, tiny chipping at headcap); pp. x, 168, with 20 b/w plates. A very good copy. [Neate H52: Climbing autobiography of leading Scottish climber, whose very severe climbs included the south-west face of Everest. He was killed in an avalanche while skiing.]. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001368
- Title
- In High Places
- Author
- Haston, Dougal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0304290734
- ISBN 13
- 9780304290734
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Dougal Haston in High Places Scottish Climbing Biography Scotland Eiger Alps Cerro Torre Patagonia Himalaya Everest Annapurna
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...