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The Big Walls -- SIGNED First Edition
by Messner, Reinhold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Orginal green boards, gilt lettering spine. SIGNED BY MESSNER on pre-title page. On blank verso of free front endpaper are three gift inscriptions to an unnamed previous owner. The book is in nice condition with minor bump upper rear edge and tips lower cover corners (see photo), tight binding, clean, no marks or writing on pages other than the gift inscriptions already mentioned, no foxing. The dust jacket is in nice condition with no chips, no tears, front flap corner is price-clipped. The book measures 264mm tall x 219mm, and has 143 pages, 33 color & 51 b/w photos, 5 route sketches, sketches, EP height chart. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000872
- Title
- The Big Walls -- SIGNED First Edition
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- MONTE AGNER, MATTERHORN, GRANDES JORASSES, WALKER SPUR, EIGER, EIGERWAND, ACONCAGUA, NANGA PARBAT, DHAULAGIRI, NORTH FACE, Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Himalaya
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya;
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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