Blank on the Map
by Shipton, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Octavo. Original red lettered black cloth. 50 illustrations (including frontispiece) from photos. Decorative chapter headings and endings. Three maps including a two page, sketch map and folding map at the end. Text block is tight and overall very clean. Dust wrapper in very nice condition with a couple of small chips and a bit of soiling to the rear panel. Neate S697. Shipton's account of exploring the Karakoram on the north side. Truly a very nice copy of this scarce Shipton title, very scarce in the wonderful pictorial wrapper and especially so in this condition. Ballooning explorer, Steve Fossett's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. 1938
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142751
- Title
- Blank on the Map
- Author
- Shipton, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exploration|Himalaya|Tilman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.