Climbing Days
by Pilley, Dorothy [Mrs I.A. Richards]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: G.Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1935 8vo. original green cloth (rubbed with a little wear at extremities, some leaf edge spotting, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xiv (last blank), 352, with 69 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate P57: The author of this classic book was a leading British climber between the wars. Her book covers climbs over twenty years around the world, chiefly in the 1920s. Her husband Ivor Richards was also a fine climber and writer, who occasionally wrote for the Alpine Journal, etc.].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032713
- Title
- Climbing Days
- Author
- Pilley, Dorothy [Mrs I.A. Richards]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.Bell & Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days Alps Alpinism British Mountaineering Autobiography Mrs IA Richards
Terms of Sale
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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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