Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks: A Record of Pioneer Work among the Canadian Alps, 1908 - 1912
by Palmer, Howard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
-
Kenmore, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Putnam's , 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. NY: Putnam's 1914, first edition, first printing. Dark blue cloth in good condition. General wear to extremities: corners worn, scuffing to bottom edge, spine ends show some fraying, small bumps along fore edge, mild darkening to spine. All 3 folding maps are present and in very good condition. No dust jacket. 6.5 x 9.5 in., 439 pp. Neate: ""The principal work on the Selkirk Range"". This book is notable for the many vintage photographs of the Selkirk mountains. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Azarat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3242
- Title
- Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks: A Record of Pioneer Work among the Canadian Alps, 1908 - 1912
- Author
- Palmer, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam's
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Selkirks, Canadian Rockies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Azarat Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...