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Alpine Tragedy
by Gos, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-Very Good +/Very Good -
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1948 Book. Very Good-Very Good +. Hardcover. First English Language Edition. Octavo. 8vo. x, 282 + 32 illus. pages. Translated from the French by Malcolm Barnes: First English Edition, 1948. Not Price Clipped. Inked inscription on ffep. 2" rectangle chip across top edge spine dj with an continuing chipped line along top edge rear panel, some loss to corners bottom edge spine, and fading to same. Faded top and bottom edge cloth of spine, and some additional partial fading to spine corners and top edge rear board. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 5.75" x 8.75". Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005750
- Title
- Alpine Tragedy
- Author
- Gos, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- HISTORY EUROPE HIGH ALPS ALPINE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND SKIING ACCIDENTS
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...