The Alps from End to End ... With a Chapter by the Rev. W.A.B.Coolidge [Shilling Library]
by Conway, Sir William Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1910 nd. [1910] 16mo. original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g. (upper hinge tender, a few leaves creased, edges of cloth slightly rubbed, endpapers a trifle offset, otherwise clean); pp. 382 (last colophon), [2 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate C101: A famous high level traverse of the Alps in 1894, from Monte Viso to the Gross Glockner].. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000623
- Title
- The Alps from End to End ... With a Chapter by the Rev. W.A.B.Coolidge [Shilling Library]
- Author
- Conway, Sir William Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- William Martin Conway Alps End to End Switzerland Alpinism Mountaineering
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- VG
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- Edges
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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