The Ascent of Mount Stalin
by Romm, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1936 VG+/VG-. 8vo. original light blue cloth (offsetting to endpapers, occ. leaf edge spot, top edge slightly dusty, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (edges a little rubbed & creased with wear at extremities, a few spots to rear panel and foldovers, 1-2cm loss at headcap (inc. the letters 'Th'..), less so at other corners, but still presentable); pp. 270, with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate: R66: Mount Stalin (now Pik Communism, 7495m) was discovered in 1913. One of the official tasks of the 1933 Russian scientific expedition to the western Pamirs was the ascent of the peak].. First English. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009409
- Title
- The Ascent of Mount Stalin
- Author
- Romm, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Michael Romm Ascent Mount Stalin Russia Pamirs Tajikistan Central Asia Mountaineering Pik Kommunizma Pik Communism
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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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