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An Unexplored Pass. A Narrative Of A Thousand Mile Journey To The Kara-koram Himalayas --- 1926 FIRST UK EDITION
by Featherstone, Captain B. K
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1926 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in black cloth with original spine covering retained, closely matching original binding covers. The covers are clean, unfaded (but slight browning to original spine cloth), and not rubbed -- fine condition. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, complete with all pages, plates, and map. The folding map is browned as usual (printed on tissue-like paper) and has some crinkles due to misfolding. The book measures 237mm tall x 153mm, and has 295 pages, 25 b/w photos, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003186
- Title
- An Unexplored Pass. A Narrative Of A Thousand Mile Journey To The Kara-koram Himalayas --- 1926 FIRST UK EDITION
- Author
- Featherstone, Captain B. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Himalaya, Karakoram, Central Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya;
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