Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. 192 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Flatsigned by the author to front endpaper. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Notable crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning to surfaces. Light rubbing and marking all over. Moderate tanning to spine. Tape to inside over tears.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1690356292MHP
Title: Road to Rakaposhi
Author: George Band
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published: 1955

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Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Flatsigned: A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...