Hodder And Stoughton, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition Thus. 229 pages. Pictorial jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Scribble to front pastedown. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine and edges are heavily sunned. Book has a noticeable forward lean, with slight bowing to boards. Clipped jacket. Light tanning and foxing to all surfaces. Moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and creasing, and some loss to spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1670946826NLH
Title: Mountaineering Holiday
Author: Frank S. Smythe
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hodder And Stoughton
Date Published: 1950

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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