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After Everest. The Experiences Of A Mountaineer & Medical Missionary -- FIRST EDITION in Dust Jacket
by Somervell, T.Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Original green cloth, gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers and the spine cloth is not faded which almost always the case, Light foxing on a few early and late pages mainly opposite photo plates, solid binding, some light fore-edge foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The very uncommon original dust jacket has 5mm deep loss across the top of the spine, a 20mm x 20mm loss lower spine corner, small loss at corner tips, foxing spots rear panel, original price still present on front flap corner. The book measures 228mm tall x 144mm, and has 339 pages, 22 b/w photo plates, folfing map + EP map, bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003043
- Title
- After Everest. The Experiences Of A Mountaineer & Medical Missionary -- FIRST EDITION in Dust Jacket
- Author
- Somervell, T.Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Everest, Nepal, Tibet, Himalaya, Mt. Everest, Mount Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Himalaya,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Everest;
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- Gilt
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