Scrambles Amongst the Alps. With Additional Illustrations and Material from the Author's Unpublished Diaries.
by WHYMPER, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A few minor bumps to boards; in a jacket chipped (affecting lettering) at the head and tail of the spine and elsewhere, with oth
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: John Murray,, [1936].. Sixth edition.. original cloth in dust jacket.. A few minor bumps to boards; in a jacket chipped (affecting lettering) at the head and tail of the spine and elsewhere, with other wear.. 8vo,. Revised and Edited by H. E. G. Tyndale. 25 plates and 5 folding maps. Neate #897.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16941
- Title
- Scrambles Amongst the Alps. With Additional Illustrations and Material from the Author's Unpublished Diaries.
- Author
- WHYMPER, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - A few minor bumps to boards; in a jacket chipped (affecting lettering) at the head and tail of the spine and elsewhere, with oth
- Edition
- Sixth edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [1936].
- Pages
- xxii, 414 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bumps
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.