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Italian Alps: Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
by Freshfield, Douglas W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Kenmore, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Longmans, Green, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: Longmans, Green 1875, first edition. Bound in half leather & blue cloth; gilt titles & emblems on spine. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. VG- condition; wear to the leather at the spine, bookplate on first free endpaper, browning to short title page & browning to fore edge. All 5 folded maps are present. 5.5 x 7.75 in., 385 pp. Illustrated with 10 wood engravings by noted artist John Gilbert.
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- Bookseller
- Azarat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3606
- Title
- Italian Alps: Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
- Author
- Freshfield, Douglas W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Alps, Italy, Dolomites, John Gilbert
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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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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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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