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Frederick Muller Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Published. 227 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Full title: Summits of Adventure: the Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Summits of Adventure: The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers by Douglas, John Scott - 1954
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Summits of Adventure: The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers
by Douglas, John Scott
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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Blue cloth boards with white spine lettering. Minor foxing on endpapers. Head/heel of spine and corners bumped. Head/heel of spine sunned. Dj has chips, tears, rubbing and a stain. Dj in protective mylar jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller Hermit Hill Books (US)
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- Edition First Edition
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- Publisher Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1954
- Keywords Mountain Climbing
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Summits of Adventure: the Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers
by John Scott Douglas
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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SUMMITS OF ADVENTURE: STORY OF FAMOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBS AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
by Douglas, John Scott
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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LONDON: FREDERICK MULLER, LTD.. Very Good tight condition Very good- dustjacket light edgewear. 1955. 1st Edition. 2 copies available. .
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Summits of Adventure: The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers
by Douglas, John Scott
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Concord, California, United States
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New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954., 1954. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Small octavo, hardcover, VG ex school library book with tan boards. No dj. 272 pp. and notes on author. Library markings are minimal and book is clean and tight. Tells the story of famous mountains and mountain climbers-Andes, Himalayas, Rockies, Alpine valleys, Caucasus, East Africa, Alaska, High Sierras, and more. Illus with Photographs.
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Summits Of Adventure: The Story Of Famous Mountain Climbs And Mountain Climbers
by John Scott Douglas
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Frederick Muller, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Published. 227 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
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Summits of Adventure: The Story of Famous Mountains and Mountain Climbers
by Douglas, John Scott
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La Mesa, California, United States
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New York, New York: Dodd, Meas & Company, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Collection of thrilling, inspirational, true stories of men who climbed the world's greatest mountain peaks over a 200-year period, by a writer who is himself an "enthusiastic climber." Hardcover small 8vo has bright teal-blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering & design to spine, in 273 pages + 16 pages of stunning black-and-white photographs. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1954, from a single sportsman's library, it is in VG- condition: internally completely clean save for former owner's name & address in neat pen to ffep. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white but unmarked, with a hint of tanning. Condition downgraded due to spotting & rubbing to both boards, slight edgewear. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact) is Good+: bright & clean with rubbing to extremities & slight chipping, heavier at corners & both ends…
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Summits of Adventure
by Douglas, John Scott
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Frederick Muller Ltd.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Sl mottling to bds, wear, sl tears to some edges of dw, v sl browning to spine dw. ; 200x135mm; 227 pages .
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Summits of Adventure: The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers
by Douglas, John Scott
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- Used - A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket.
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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£18.37
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London: Frederick Muller, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket.. xii, 227 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Neate D39.
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Summits of Adventure.: The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers.
by DOUGLAS, JOHN SCOTT
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Somerville, Victoria, Australia
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£13.18
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London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1955.. First Edition; 8vo; pp xii, 227; 16 b/w plates; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, price clipped, flecking to page edges and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.
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Summits of Adventure : the story of famous mountain climbs and mountain climbers
by Douglas, John Scott
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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£8.85
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Frederick Muller, 1955. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper, the text is clean and free of markings, b&w plates, xii + 227 pp.
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Summits of Adventure
by Douglas, John Scott
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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£6.32
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London: Frederick Muller, 1955 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, trifling wear at extremities, occ. marks; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 228 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate D39].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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