Touching my Father's Soul; a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest. Foreword by his holiness the Dalai Lama; introduction by Jon Krakauer
by Norgay, Jamling Tenzing, with Broughton Coburn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0062516876
- ISBN 13
- 9780062516879
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001. Hardcover. xviii, 316p., scattered b&w expedition photography throughout and two color-photo sections on coated paperstock, first edition boards in dust jacket. Signed (quite modestly) on a page tipped in between the front free endpaper and the half-title page with publisher's "Signed First Edition" sticker to front cover. Edges bear a little coffee-splash and thumbsoil, jacket also stained, a good-only copy. Norgay divides his time between Jackson Hole and Asia.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 176467
- Title
- Touching my Father's Soul; a Sherpa's journey to the top of Everest. Foreword by his holiness the Dalai Lama; introduction by Jon Krakauer
- Author
- Norgay, Jamling Tenzing, with Broughton Coburn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0062516876
- ISBN 13
- 9780062516879
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian American history; Wyoming; Celebrities;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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