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Ten Speed Press, 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ten Speed Press, 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ten Speed Press, 1981. Paperback. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ten Speed Press, 1981-04-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Reprint. . Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, c.r.. 1871. Trade PB in glossy photo wraps. Fine. xvii, 414pp; illustrated in drawings and reproductions, map.

Fine. Softcover. ...; ...; Trade Paperback. Century Hutchinson, 1986. Fine Book. Aside from light edge wear, overall a clean and tight. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. .

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-01-11. Paperback. Good.

Ten Speed Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Very Good. Near fine

Century Hutchinson, 1986-09. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

MP3 Audio CD. Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 PART I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. BEACHY HEAD. On the 23d of July, 1860, I started for my first tour in the Alps. As we steamed out into the Channel, Beachy Head came into view, and recalled a scramble of many years ago. With the impudence of ignorance, my brother and I, schoolboys both, had tried to scale that great chalk cliff. Not the head itself—where sea-birds circle, and where the flints are ranged so orderly in parallel lines—but at a place more to the east, where the pinnacle called the Devil’s Chimney had fallen down. Since that time we have been often in dangers of different kinds, but never have we more nearly broken our necks than upon that occasion. In Paris I made two ascents. The first to the seventh floor of a house in the Quartier Latin—to an artist friend, who was engaged, at the moment of my entry, in combat with a little Jew. He hurled him with great good-will and with considerable force… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 PART I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. BEACHY HEAD. On the 23d of July, 1860, I started for my first tour in the Alps. As we steamed out into the Channel, Beachy Head came into view, and recalled a scramble of many years ago. With the impudence of ignorance, my brother and I, schoolboys both, had tried to scale that great chalk cliff. Not the head itself—where sea-birds circle, and where the flints are ranged so orderly in parallel lines—but at a place more to the east, where the pinnacle called the Devil’s Chimney had fallen down. Since that time we have been often in dangers of different kinds, but never have we more nearly broken our necks than upon that occasion. In Paris I made two ascents. The first to the seventh floor of a house in the Quartier Latin—to an artist friend, who was engaged, at the moment of my entry, in combat with a little Jew. He hurled him with great good-will and with considerable force… Read More

Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1908. 1908 circa. hardcover. 480pp, foxing to endpapers, cracking to front hinge, decorative front board, t.e.g.very light wear to top and bottom of spine, Good+. The most famous mountaineering book of all time. Includes accounts of the attempts and first ascent of the Matterhorn, as well as other ascents in the Alps.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Ten Speed Press, reprinting of the 1871 edition 1981. Pbk 164pp b/w illustrns covers slightly shelfworn very good clean tight unmarked text

Century Hutchinson. Very Good. 1985. Paperback. 0712609962 . Index"world's leading story of mountain adventure since it was publishedin 1871' 600gms weight ; Century Travellers; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412 pages .

Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1908. 1908 circa. hardcover. 480pp, original blue cloth, decorative spine, foxing to endpapers, t.e.g., VG. The most famous mountaineering book of all time. Includes accounts of the attempts and first ascent of the Matterhorn, as well as other ascents in the Alps.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Ten Speed Press 1981. Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Time-Life, 1984. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. light usage evidence on the leather boards. reprint of the 1871 edition. gold gilt on all edges. excellent binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.