My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents [The Modern Travel Series]
by Turner, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1913 8vo. original black cloth gilt (spine titling sunned with minor rubbing to extremities, lower hinge just starting, prev. owner's name to front pastedown, a few spots to outer leaves and edges, else clean & bright throughout); pp. i-xiv, 15-284 (last colophon), [2 (advt., last blank)], with 74 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate T71: Turner was a mountaineer whose travels included Siberia, South America and New Zealand. His bombastic style spoils his books and detracts from his not inconsiderable climbing achievements.]. Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007679
- Title
- My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents [The Modern Travel Series]
- Author
- Turner, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Samuel Turner My Climbing Adventures Four Continents Alps Siberia New Zealand Andes
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About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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