Mountains With a Difference [The New Alpine Library]
by Young, Geoffrey Winthrop
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 8vo. plain library binding (ex-Boots library, with stamp to upper panel & eyelet to headcap, upper hinge cracked, a few leaf edge spots, else clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 282, with 14 plates. A reading copy of an uncommon work. [Neate Y20: Account of his climbs with an artificial leg, after 1918. Includes the dedication of the Fell & Rock war memorial on Great Gable].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009109
- Title
- Mountains With a Difference [The New Alpine Library]
- Author
- Young, Geoffrey Winthrop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Geoffrey Winthrop Young Mountains with a Difference Alps Alpinism British Climbing Biography
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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