Escape to the Hills
by Poucher, W.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Country Life Limited, 1945 4to. original green cloth gilt (inscrip., bookplate and poem to verso FFE, cloth a little bumped, closed tearing to p.29/30; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 216, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.1 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate P70: The British Isles generally]. There is considerably more content in the original edition, than the revised edition of 1952.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015793
- Title
- Escape to the Hills
- Author
- Poucher, W.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Country Life Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Walter Poucher Escape to the Hills British Mountain Photography
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Closed Tearing
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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