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ANNAPURNA: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak. With a New Introduction by Joe Simpson. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith
by Herzog, Maurice
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0712673938
- ISBN 13
- 9780712673938
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
(London): Pimlico, (1997).. (1997).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped with light staining to their edges. The rear wrap is lightly soiled with a price sticker on the bottom inner corner. xxi & 246 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.
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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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15291
- Title
- ANNAPURNA: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak. With a New Introduction by Joe Simpson. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith
- Author
- Herzog, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0712673938
- ISBN 13
- 9780712673938
- Publisher
- (London): Pimlico, (1997).
- Place of Publication
- (london)
- Date Published
- (1997).
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; MOUNTAINEER; FRENCH; MAURICE HERZOG; ANNAPURNA: THE FIRST CONQUEST OF AN 8000-METRE PEAK; JOE SIMPSON; ILLUSTRATIONS.
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- Mountaineering;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...