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Peaks and Pioneers : The Story of Mountaineering
by Keenlyside, Francis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0236310429
- ISBN 13
- 9780236310425
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Paul Elek, 1975. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 248pp. Cream cloth-covered boards, brown titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with removable jacket, sun faded spine, 2cm closed tear at spine heel, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. Small folio. Unfolds the two-hundred-years drama of mountaineering. Illustrated throughout; mainly with black and white photographs.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010497
- Title
- Peaks and Pioneers : The Story of Mountaineering
- Author
- Keenlyside, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0236310429
- ISBN 13
- 9780236310425
- Publisher
- Paul Elek
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing
- X weight
- 1.7 kg
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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