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FIFTY CLASSIC CLIMBS OF NORTH AMERICA
by Roper, Steve and Allen Steck
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good / Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0871562626
- ISBN 13
- 9780871562623
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Quarto, 11 in. x 8.5 in., pp. xii, 324. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Olive linen boards with gilt title to front and spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Spine is slightly shaken. Unmarked interior. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket; a couple chips to bottom of spine and a few small closed tears to dustjacket edges. Maps by Edwin A. Gustafson. Protected in mylar. Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent. Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for 1983. He is also, with Allen Steck, the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award.
Synopsis
Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America is a climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. It is considered a definitive piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers as simply "The Book", and has served as an inspiration for more recent climbing books, such as Mark Kroese's Fifty Favorite Climbs. Though much of the book's contents is now out of date, it is still recognized as a definitive text which goes beyond the traditional guidebook.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86587
- Title
- FIFTY CLASSIC CLIMBS OF NORTH AMERICA
- Author
- Roper, Steve and Allen Steck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good / Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871562626
- ISBN 13
- 9780871562623
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Mountain Climbing, American Mountain Climbing, Mt. McKinley, Mount Saint Elias; Mount Hunter; Mount Triple Peak; Mount Logan; Mount Huntington; Bugaboo Spire; Mount Sir Donald; South Howser Tower; Mount Robson; Mount Edith Cavell; Mount Alberta; Moun
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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