The Best of Ascent : Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience
by Roper, Steve; & Allen Steck (editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087156517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871565174
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1993. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is lightly rubbed with one tiny closed tear. NOT price clipped ($25.00). NO chips. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs. First printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "ASCENT... Not only the finest mountaineering journal of the last quarter-century, but the most influential... This new volume collects the best of this unique journal's offerings from the past 25 years... Also appearing in this volume are eight brand-new pieces..." Appendix 1: Annotated table of contents for ASCENT issues. Appendix 2: Alphabetical list of contributors for all ASCENT issues. Biographical sketches of the contributors to this book. Bound in the original dark blue boards, with turquoise cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. Keywords: Mountain Climbing. Rock Climbing. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. xiv, 384pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013060
- Title
- The Best of Ascent : Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience
- Author
- Roper, Steve; & Allen Steck (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087156517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871565174
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Mountain Climbing. Rock Climbing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountain Climbing / Mountaineering / Rock Climbing;
- Size
- 8vo. xiv, 384pp
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About Books
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