Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot
by Wherry, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Wherry's Alpine holiday memoirs from 1891 to 1895; plus a chapter on "the climbing foot", and one on accidents. 8vo, xvi, 174 pp, ads [4], b&w photographic illustrations. Green gilt cloth covers with gilt title at spine and front board with gilt decoration. Bright clean,tite copy OCLC: 6480890.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20415
- Title
- Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot
- Author
- Wherry, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Bowes
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- MOUNTAINEERING;
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Garrison, New York
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