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Journal Of A Voyage To Peru: A Passage Across The Cordillera Of The Andes, In The Winter Of 1827, Performed On Foot In The Snow; And A Journey Across The Pampas
by Brand, R.N., Lieut. Chas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG condition in early (first?) binding of 1/2 calf with tan & black marbled boards, textured leather spine in 4 compartments with gilt stamped raised bands, black title patch spine with gilt lettering, brown coated EPs, all edges trimmed and speckled in brown. rubbing edges & corners of covers, top of spine rubbed down about 2mm, pages very clean and bright, very minor foxing on blank side of frontispiece and two very faint foxing spots on title page otherwise pages are free of foxing and quite bright, no staining, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. 217mm tall x 135mm, pages: flyleaf + blank + blank + frontis + title + preface (numbered iv on verso) + 14 (some numbered in roman up to xvii with last of this group being erratum page) + 346 + 2 pages ads; illustrations: frontis engraving + 3 plates engravings; 6 appendices (including brief one by Michael Faraday on analysis of some water samples). Author describes 2 crossings (winter & summer) of the Andes in the vicinity of Aconcagua between Santiago, Chile & Mendoza, Argentina. Two of the plates show: 1) people climbing snow peak and 2) glissading in the mountains.
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- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000264
- Title
- Journal Of A Voyage To Peru: A Passage Across The Cordillera Of The Andes, In The Winter Of 1827, Performed On Foot In The Snow; And A Journey Across The Pampas
- Author
- Brand, R.N., Lieut. Chas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1828
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Andes, Andinismo, Chile, Argentina
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; ANDES;
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