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This Way Southward. A Journey Through Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. -- 1940 FIRST EDITION
by A. F. Tschiffely
- 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: William Heinemann LTD, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1940 First UK Edition. Original olive green cloth with gilt lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has clean covers, faded spine, old owner name penned to top of short-title page and corresponding bookplate of same owner on the verso of the FFEP, otherwise there are no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, foxing on a few pages mainly on those opposite photo plates (most pages have no foxing), minor fore-edge foxing. The book measures 220mm tall x 145mm, and has 354 pages, 85 b/w photos, 2 maps, EP maps, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003011
- Title
- This Way Southward. A Journey Through Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. -- 1940 FIRST EDITION
- Author
- A. F. Tschiffely
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, TIERRA DEL FUEGO ERIC SHIPTON MT MT. MOUNT BURNEY MAGELLAN CHARLES DARWIN BEAGLE SKYRING FITZROY FUEGAN FUEGANS THOMAS BRIDGES LUCAS ONAFALKLAND ISLANDS CAPE HORN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; cowboy & western classics; ANDES;
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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