Annapurna: Conquest of the First 8000-metre Peak (26,493 feet)
by Herzog, Maurice
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON, Canada: World Books Society. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 288pp w appendix. Coloured photo frontispiece, one section of indexed bw photographs w captions, six indexed maps. Cartographic rear endpapers. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Green boards w crisp gold lettering in maroon title panel on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated paper DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, moderate sunning to spine. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith, and with an Introduction by Eric Shipton, this is a reprint published by The Reprint Society Ltd. by arrangement with Jonathan Cape Ltd., c.1954.
Synopsis
The distinguished French mountaineer MAURICE HERZOG was leader of the 1950 expedition to Annapurna. He was one of the two climbers to reach the summit.
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- Post Horizon Booksellers
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- Title
- Annapurna: Conquest of the First 8000-metre Peak (26,493 feet)
- Author
- Herzog, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- World Books Society
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Annapurna (mountain) - expeditions. The French Himalayan Expedition 1950. Herzog, Maurice, 1919-2012 - mountaineer - expeditions - memoir. Lachenal, Louis, 1921-1955 - mountaineer - expeditions. Adventurers & Explorers, Adventure, Essays & Trav
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration / Travel / Adventure;
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- Brodart
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- 12mo
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- FFEP
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- Crisp
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
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