MOUNTAINEERING by C.T. Dent. With Contributions by W.M. Conway, D.W. Freshfield, C.E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H.G. Willink, and an Introduction by Mr Justice Wills. Illustrations by H.G. Willink and Others.
by Dent, Clinton Thomas
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892., 1892.. Good. - Octavo, 7-3/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial black cloth titled in black shadowed with white on the front cover and spine. An image of a mountaineer is stamped in gilt on the spine. The covers are cocked, rubbed and bumped with slight wear to the cloth at the corners. xx & 440 pages, plus 2 pages of publishers ads, illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece by W.F. Donkin, 12 plates and 93 textual illustrations by H.G. Willink and Ellis Carr. The hinges are cracked. The discreet book label of an Edinburgh book seller is mounted at the bottom of the front pastedown and a previous owner's nautical bookplate is also mounted on the front pastedown. Several signatures (group of pages) are lightly pulled. Good.
First edition. A title in "The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G. assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- MOUNTAINEERING by C.T. Dent. With Contributions by W.M. Conway, D.W. Freshfield, C.E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H.G. Willink, and an Introduction by Mr Justice Wills. Illustrations by H.G. Willink and Others.
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892.
- Date Published
- 1892.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CLINTON THOMAS DENT; MOUNTAINEERING; BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES; DUKE OF BEAUFORT; ALFRED E.T. WATSON; C.T. DENT; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; ELLIS CARR; H.G. WILLINK; W.M. CONWAY; D.W. FRESHFIELD; C.E. MATHEWS; C. PILKINGTON; SIR F. POLLOCK; JUS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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