This My Voyage
by Longstaff, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1950 VG+/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt, uncut (inscrip. to front pastedown, a few light marks to boards & endpapers, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced 21s. net (1cm strip neatly excisedfrom top of front flap, a little rubbed & nicked, with chip to tail cap); pp. [xii (last blank)], 324, with 23 illustrations & 15 maps. A very good copy. [Neate L48: Longstaff climbed on most ranges of the northern hemisphere and was one of the great early Himalayan climber-explorers. His great success was the ascent in 1907 of Trisul (7120m), which remained for 21 years the highest peak climbed. His authoritative climbing memoirs have scarcely received their due].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004209
- Title
- This My Voyage
- Author
- Longstaff, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Tom Longstaff This My Voyage Climbing Mountaineering Autobiography Himalaya
Terms of Sale
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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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- VG+/VG-
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.