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Going Light with Backpack or Burro
by David R. Brower (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Usa: Sierra Club. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Good hardcover with tight binding, but is starting to crack at the half title page, and clean pages. No dust jacket. Minimal wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover. "2.00" is written on the front fly page. Book is slightly curved down the middle. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 152 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1159
- Title
- Going Light with Backpack or Burro
- Author
- David R. Brower (editor)
- Illustrator
- Milton Hildebrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Publisher
- Sierra Club
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Camping, Hiking, Mountain Climbing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rock Climbing & Mountaineering; Hiking; Camping;
Terms of Sale
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
Biblio member since 2018
Bishop, California
About Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
I worked at a used bookstore for 3-1/2 years until it unfortunately closed. I plan on one day opening a new store or purchasing another bookstore that I currently work at. I am selling books out of my house to save enough money to chase my dream of owning a a bookstore.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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