London: Victor Gollancz. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some fading to ends of spine. Spotting to top page edges. Fading to dust wrapper spine. 1/2 x 1/2" area of rubbing to dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at tail edge of rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 125, [i], pages + plates. Blue papered boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 216mm x 137mm. "A. F. Mummery has often been called 'The Father of Modern Climbing'. He lived in the latter half of the nineteenth century and, in his youth, made many great climbs with the finest Alpine Guides of the period." - from the dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7266
Title: Tiger In The Snow The Life And Adventures Of A. F. Mummery
Author: Unsworth, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1967

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