The Early Alpine Guides
by Clark, Ronald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1949 VG/VG-. 8vo. original red cloth (slight flecking & sunning to cloth, internally clean) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with minor wear to extremities, small loss at corners, a little loose fitting); pp. 308, with 27 illustrations & 4 maps. A very good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper. [Neate C57: Biographical sketches of the guides who led the mountaineers of the 'Golden Age'].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG-. Illus. by Christopher Chamberlain.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007223
- Title
- The Early Alpine Guides
- Author
- Clark, Ronald
- Illustrator
- Christopher Chamberlain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phoenix House Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Ronald Clark Early Alpine Guides Swiss Alps Alpinism Mont Blanc Zermatt Grindelwald Michel Croz Melchior Anderegg
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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