My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
by MUMMERY, A.F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.y.. Hardcover. 16mo. Light blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive dark blue decorative stamping. 379pp, (5pp ads). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Very good. 1915 ownership signature on front flyleaf. A tight, quite handsome later printing of this 1895 title by a figure often described as the greatest mountaineer of all time (1855-95). Spine gilt bright and fresh.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37853
- Title
- My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
- Author
- MUMMERY, A.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.y.
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINEERING
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- Books;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...