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Mountain Climbing: The Out Of Door Library
by Edward Wilson et al
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1897 hardcover as pictured. A nicely made volume with detailed essays on climbing in the White mountains, Alps and other ranges. Binding is intact. Green cloth boards with gold stamping on front and spine show edge wear with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Pencil notation on FEP. Small scuff of REP. Front hinge lightly cracked at contents page. Edge of text block is mottled. Text itself is tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes many b&w illustrations. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2329
- Title
- Mountain Climbing
- Author
- Edward Wilson et al
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1897
- Pages
- 358
- Size
- 5x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mount Washington, Mount Etna, Mount Ararat, Mount St Elias, Alps, Mountaineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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