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Take It To The Limit --- FIRST PRINTNG
by Rees, Lucy and Alan Harris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Diadem Books, 1981. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition 1981. Original black boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in fine unused condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no page creases, no foxing, tight binding, never used having been purchased directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The original dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no loss, clean. The dust jacket is in rare unfaded condition. Almost every copy of this jacket has spine fading where the orange coloring of the spine has faded to white. This example has the original orange coloring bright and not faded (since the book was kept in a box for years not exposed to light). The book measures 222mm tall x 145mm and has 197 pages. Novel about a hedonistic, party-going climber in North Wales, Lake District, Ben Nevis, Old Man of Hoy, with climax in Yosemite and his eventual demise. Written by climbers. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002917
- Title
- Take It To The Limit --- FIRST PRINTNG
- Author
- Rees, Lucy and Alan Harris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Diadem Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, yosemite, lake district, dougal haston
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Everest;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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