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A Climber in New Zealand
by Ross, Malcolm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Genearl Assembly Library New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Library label on front endpaper. Front free endpaper nearly detached. Gutters split at hinges with spine mull visible. Some scattered spots of foxing, heavier on endpapers and half-title leaf. Illustrations very good. ; xx, 316 pages + frontispiece + 30 illustrations on 23 plate leaves + 8 pages advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Blind-stamped pattern on front board. Page dimensions: 222 x 140mm. Tissue guard to frontispiece present. "One morning, soon after our return to the Hermitage, I found myself basking in the warm sunshine, dividing my attention for the most part between a book and a cigar, and occasionally gazing up at the ice cliffs of Mount Sefton [...] - from page 48. Early New Zealand mountaineering history. Chapter titles: Descriptive and Historical; In the Olden Days; The Conquering of Aorangi; Above the Plains; Down in the Valleys; An Ascent of Haidinger; An Interlude; De La Bêche and the Minarets; Across the Southern Alps; In Kiwi Land; The First Crossing of Mount Cook. [References: Bagnall R998 - "The author's climbs, the text chiefly being a revision of articles first published in the New Zealand press and the London 'Times.'"; Neate R73 - "Chiefly concerning the Mount Cook area. Ross was a founder member of the New Zealand Alpine Club."] ; 8vo .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24722
- Title
- A Climber in New Zealand
- Author
- Ross, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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