Red Peak. A Personal Account of the British-Soviet Pamir Expedition 1962
by Slesser, Malcolm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (top edge spotted, with slight flecking to hinges) in dustwrapper (a few stains internally, extremities a little rubbed with slight wear to upper forecorner, else clean & bright); pp. 256, with 3 colour plates, 23 monochrome plates & an endpaper map. A very good copy. [Neate S82: Wilfrid Noyce and Robin Smith, two leading British climbers, were killed on this unhappy expedition]. Arguably the first book by a British climber to break from the official expedition account.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004366
- Title
- Red Peak. A Personal Account of the British-Soviet Pamir Expedition 1962
- Author
- Slesser, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Malcolm Slesser Red Peak British Soviet Pamir Expedition Kommunizma Pik Communizma Peak Communism Mount Stalin Ismoil Somoni Peak Stalin Robin Smith Wilfrid Noyce John Hunt Joe Brown Ian Mcnaught-Davis Tajikistan Russian Central Asia Mountaineering
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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