My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus ... with an introduction by M.Mummery. [Blackwell's Mountaineering Library, Vol. 3]
by Mummery, A.F. [Albert Frederick]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1946 VG+/VG-. 8vo. original grey cloth (clean throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a little frayed with 2cm chip lost from headcap); pp. xxiv (last blank), 256, with 16 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate M181: Mummery was an expert rock-climber and alpinist who made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He led an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895, with Collie and Bruce, and disappeared whilst reconnoitring].. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009379
- Title
- My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus ... with an introduction by M.Mummery. [Blackwell's Mountaineering Library, Vol. 3]
- Author
- Mummery, A.F. [Albert Frederick]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- AF Mummery My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus Alpinism Mont Blanc Mountaineering Autobiography Albert Mummery Himalaya Nanga Parbat Climbing Biography
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