British Mountaineers. Britain In Pictures No 22
by Smythe, F S
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES, No 22.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, mid blue-green paper and white covered boards. White title to spine with illustration showing alpenstock and rope. Very slight marks to front board. Slight age to spine and slight wear at head & tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Small marks and owners name to fep. No annotations. Very slight age to end papers. VG* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 24 illustrations & photos in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text.* One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) tells the story of mountaineering from the early days of the Alpine Club. Text in six chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal Adventure. A really nice copy of the first edition in this collectable series but without dust wrapper.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4252
- Title
- British Mountaineers. Britain In Pictures No 22
- Author
- Smythe, F S
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 48
- Date Published
- 1942-01-01
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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