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Snow on the Equator
by Tilman, H.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: G. Bell & Sons LTD, 1937. xi,265 pp. Octavo. Red cloth boards with titles in silver to spine. Very light shelfwear and soiling to boards. Unprice-clipped jacket. Edges of text block lightly foxed with some light age-toning to endpapers. 24 black and white illustrations from photographs. 4 single page maps. A wonderful copy, very clean and attractive in a beautiful dust wrapper. Neate T47. A handsome copy of the true first edition of Tilman's accounts of climbing with Eric Shipton in Africa, including Mt. Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Ruwenzori. The dust jacket has been printed with silver flecks in the paper, giving the impression of snow falling gently. The second book by Tilman, who had an impressive output of over 15 books. 1937
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142752
- Title
- Snow on the Equator
- Author
- Tilman, H.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Bell & Sons LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- H.W. Tilman|Kilimanjaro|Mountain Climbing|Mountaineering|Mountaineering in Africa|Mt. Kenya|Ruwenzori
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
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