Climbing the Fish's Tail
by NOYCE, WILFRID
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Heinemann 1958. First edition, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 150pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges, crease to page 135 lower corner) in VG- d/w (tanning to spine, heavy bruising/dings with loss to spine extrems, 2cm tear to upper spine/front fold, bruising & nicks to all corners, light soiling)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142785
- Title
- Climbing the Fish's Tail
- Author
- NOYCE, WILFRID
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann 1958
- Keywords
- first edition Wilfrid Noyce climbing mountaineering sport recreation outdoors Himalayas Nepal Machapuchare
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
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