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My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
by Mummery, Albert Frederick
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
-
Kenmore, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Scribner's, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. NY: Scribner's 1895, first edition. Tan cloth in good condition. Soiling to covers & spine, gutter is split (but holding) between pg. 160 and the plate there, title patches are worn. There is no foxing on any of the pages. All 10 plates and frontis are in beautiful condition with tissues present. Top edge gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. No dust jacket. 7.5 x 10.75 in., 360 pp. Mummery made a number of important ascents in the Alps, especially in the Mont Blanc region. He perished on Nanga Parbat in 1895. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Azarat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3514
- Title
- My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
- Author
- Mummery, Albert Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Caucasus, Alps, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Azarat Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Azarat Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
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