The Mount Everest: Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 -(First Edition First Printing)-
by Shipton, Eric
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1952. ----- # 013122 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large grey cloth blue lettering (roughly) 10 1/2" by 8 3/4" (inches) 128 pages filled with b & w photos through-out, Very Good to Very Good Plus condition with the grrey cloth having a few washed out areas around the spine (minor but there), with some toning to inside front where newspaper article wa kept but now gone, plus it has a mimeographs distinctive faint smell, but what it is, is actually the ink of the spirit duplicator, a similar machine that existed at the same time as the mimeograph. The ink used in spirit duplicators contained methanol & isopropanol, which emits a pleasant fragrance, dust jacket is in only Good Plus condition price clipped, with a couple of chunks at spine ends missing, minor edge wear, some unnecessary clear tape to reverse, now in Mylar. Check out the scans. . . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nessa Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013122
- Title
- The Mount Everest: Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 -(First Edition First Printing)-
- Author
- Shipton, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Shipton, Eric The Mount Everest: Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 Hodder and Stoughton The Mount Everest: Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 -(First Edition First Printing)-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure; Photography;
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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