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A Slender Thread. Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya.
by Venables, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0091801273
- ISBN 13
- 9780091801274
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 2000 F/F. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xvi (last blank), 208, with 48 colour photos, 12 black & white illustrations & 2 maps. A fine copy. Flatsigned 'Stephen Venables' on title page. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2000.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003529
- Title
- A Slender Thread. Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya.
- Author
- Venables, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091801273
- ISBN 13
- 9780091801274
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Stephen Venables Slender Thread Panch Chuli Kumaon Himalaya India Victor Saunders Chris Bonington Harish Kapadia Dick Renshaw Steve Sustad Mountain Rescue
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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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