Dark Companion -- 1947 FIRST USA EDITION
by Bradley Robinson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1947 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. NOTE: This is not the National Travel Club edition. This is the McBride first printing. Original black cloth with red lettering spine. Generally clean covers, some splotchy marks to covers (seems to be common with this book: hard to see but evident under raking light), old owner name penned to FFEP and on verso of same page otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has edge wear, loss at spine ends up to 1cm deep, small loss at tips of flap corners, red spine lettering very faded, original printed price still present at corner of front flap. The book measures 209mm tall x 138mm, and has 266 pages, EP map at front, and 6 b/w photos on rear EP. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003341
- Title
- Dark Companion -- 1947 FIRST USA EDITION
- Author
- Bradley Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, north pole, arctic, polar, greenland, eskimos, inuit, ski, skis, skiing, ski-ing, northwest passage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Skiing; Polar;
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