Road to Rakaposhi
by Band, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Travel Book Club. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Hardcover. No signatures. A 1" tear in front panel of dust wrapper. Several 3/8" and smaller tears and a couple of 1/4" chips to edges of dust wrapper. Moderate rubbing to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Travel Book Club edition. 192 pages + plates + maps on endpapers. Blue papered boards with black lettering on spine. "The story of the 1954 Cambridge University Mountaineering Club's expedition to the Karakoram in Northern Pakistan, its objective being 'Rakaposhi, one of the grandest of mountains'." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6284
- Title
- Road to Rakaposhi
- Author
- Band, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Travel Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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