Road to Rakaposhi
by BAND, GEORGE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton 1955. First edition, octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 192pp, illus, VG+ (foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price-clipped, sellotape repair to damaged lower spine, bruising to upper spine, small tear to front upper edge)
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143356
- Title
- Road to Rakaposhi
- Author
- BAND, GEORGE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton 1955
- Keywords
- first edition George Band Rakaposhi Cambridge University Mountaineering Club Karakoram Pakistan travel climbing mountaineers expedition 1954
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...