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The Kangchenjunga Adventure -- 1930 FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER
by Smythe, Frank S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 1930 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Generally clean covers, darkening to spine, bumped upper front outside corner, former owner name penned to upper corner of blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing on pages, complete with all pages and plates. The uncommon original dust jacket is present but has big loss (11cm x 7cm) lower front and 5cm deep loss spine ends. A photocopy of a complete dust jacket has been loosely laid underneath the original -- but not adhered to it). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002932
- Title
- The Kangchenjunga Adventure -- 1930 FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Himalaya, Himalayas, Sikkim, Kangchenjunga
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....