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Men For The Mountains -- SIGNED By Author FIRST EDITION hardcover
by Marty, Sid
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: McClellan and Stewart, 1978. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Canadian Edition. Original greenish gray boards, gilt lettering spine. SIGNED by the author on title page. Clean covers, light rubbing to bottom edges, solid binding, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than Marty's signature), tiny foxing spots top edge of text block, a few small brown spots on fore-edge and bottom edge. The dust jacket has rubbing and tiny flecking at corner tips, price-clipped front flap corner, no tears. The book measures 235mm tall x 149mm, and has 270 pages, EP maps. Anecdotes from the career of a Canadian warden in Banff, Jasper, & Yoho National park. Includes some climbing & rescues, often humorous depictions by this award-winning author and celebrated raconteur. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Synopsis
Sid Marty ’s work has been published in periodicals including Equinox, Canadian Geographic, Reader’s Digest, Canadian Business, and National Geographic Traveler. His prose and poetry have been included in a number of literary periodicals and anthologies and his books about life in the mountains and foothills of Canada’s west have been consistent bestsellers. Sid Marty lives and writes in the foothills of southwestern Alberta.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003036
- Title
- Men For The Mountains -- SIGNED By Author FIRST EDITION hardcover
- Author
- Marty, Sid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- McClellan and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Canadian Rockies, Banff, Jasper, Alberta, Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Canada; SIGNED Mountain;
Terms of Sale
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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