L'EPOPEE ALPESTRE: Histoire Abregee de la Montagne et de l'Alpinisme de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours
by Gos, Charles
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Neuchatel/Paris: Editions Victor Attinger, circa [1944].. [1944].. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly stained & soiled, with the spine darkened. 186 pages. There is light creasing to the front edges of the pages in the first half of the book, with soiling to the crease on page 17. Good. <p>From the library of arts consultant and mountain climber George Alan Smith with his signature on the front endpaper and his underlining in the first paragraph of the text.<p>A title in "Collection Montagne", a series of previously unpublished or untranslated works on mountaineering. The text is in French.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22158
- Title
- L'EPOPEE ALPESTRE: Histoire Abregee de la Montagne et de l'Alpinisme de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours
- Author
- Gos, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Neuchatel/Paris: Editions Victor Attinger, circa [1944].
- Date Published
- [1944].
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING; HISTORY OF MOUNTAINEERING; ALPS; CHARLES GOS; L'EPOPEE ALPESTRE: Histoire Abregee de la Montagne et de l'Alpinisme de l'Antiquite a Nos Jours; COLLECTION MONTAGNE; MOUNTAIN CLIMBER; GEORGE ALAN SMITH; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.
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- Mountaineering;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Wrappers
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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