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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
by Krakauer, Jon
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 033371752X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333717523
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Macmillan, London, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, author's note and selected bibliography. Between pages 136 and 137 there are six pages of colour photography. At the beginning of each chapter there is a black and white woodcut. Colour photographic paperback binding with blue, orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The author's story of a 24-hour period on Everest on May 9th, 1996, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst, single-season death toll in the peak's history (to that time) – eight climbers dead. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: Trade Paperback. 293, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Mountaineering; Nepal; ISBN: 033371752X. ISBN/EAN: 9780333717523. Inventory No: 0283689. . 9780333717523
Synopsis
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.
Reviews
On Feb 28 2017, a reader said:
very suspenseful. Interesting and sounds dangerous.
On Oct 2 2010, AngelaAndrews said:
The book arrived in excellent condition. It was like-new!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0283689
- Title
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 033371752X
- ISBN 13
- 9780333717523
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB2 mountaineering, Mount Everest, expedition – 1996 – disaster, personal memoir Mountaineering; Nepal; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 033371752X EAN: 9780333717523 Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest D
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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