Climbing Days
by Pilley,Dorothy (Mrs I.A. Richards)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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About This Item
London: G Bell & Sons Ltd. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover Book in Publisher's original green cloth with white title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-jacket.This copy has two crossed out previous owner's names to the front pastedown and front endpaper.top edge of the half title page.Illustrated with over 65 black and white photographic plates.Maps as endpapers.Uncommon title by Dorothy Pilley Richards born in 1894 she was a prominent mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell & Rock Climbing Club, later helping found the Pinnacle Club in 1921.In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to educatorand Literary critic Ivor Richards.In 1928, she made the celebrated first ascent of the north west ridge of the Dent Blanche in the Swiss Alps, with Joseph Georges, Antoine Georges and her husband.The book has a little age toning to the text block edges.The binding remain firm with no hinge weakness,8vo 352pp First Edition 1st Impression [1935] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1935.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82564
- Title
- Climbing Days
- Author
- Pilley,Dorothy (Mrs I.A. Richards)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G Bell & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Climbing Mountaineering
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