The Beckoning Silence
by Joe Simpson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224061801
- ISBN 13
- 9780224061803
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. xii 290.""In a narrative that takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain - before his final confrontation with the Eiger - Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing, exploring the power of the mind and the frailties of the body…
Synopsis
Joe Simpson won the Boardman Tasker Award and the NCR Award for his bestseller Touching the Void , which has been published all over the world. His later books, all bestsellers, include This Game of Ghosts , Dark Shadows Falling , Storms of Silence and a novel, The Water People .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 211959
- Title
- The Beckoning Silence
- Author
- Joe Simpson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224061801
- ISBN 13
- 9780224061803
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Edmonton Book Store
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
Biblio member since 2006
Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
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- First Edition
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