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Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites & Savoy
by Rey, Guido
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Red cloth, embossed gilt titles on spine and front board, title page printed in black and red, (10.5 x 7.75 inches). First Edition/First Printing ("First published 1914" on copyright page). 238 pages with Index; with 76 illustrations including tissue-protected frontis. Translated from the Italian by J.E.C. Eaton. Rey was an Italian mountaineer who specialised in Alpine ascents. He later became a fine and noted art photographer. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William C. Ferguson on front pastedown. Showing some typical wear and toning to exterior and prelims. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Peaks and Precipices: Scrambles in the Dolomites & Savoy
- Author
- Rey, Guido
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Travel & Exploration; Dolomites
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- Cloth
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