No Latitude for Error
by HILLARY, Sir EDMUND
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton 1961. FIRST EDITION; SIGNED BY AUTHOR (HIS EARLY STYLE OF SIGNATURE, CONTEMPORARY TO PUBLICATION); Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus: maps, diagrams & photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light adhesion soiling to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (a few small spots of heavy soiling, light rubbing, creasing & tanning, price-clipped)
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- Title
- No Latitude for Error
- Author
- HILLARY, Sir EDMUND
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton 1961
- Keywords
- signed first editions memoirs autobiography autobiographies exploration expeditions travel writing new zealand antarctica polar transantarctic sir edmund hillary illustrated
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....