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SOUTH COL. A PERSONAL STORY OF THE ASCENT OF EVEREST -- 1955 Hardcover SIGNED by George Lowe
by Noyce, Wilfrid
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Sloane & Associates, 1955. Second Printing (same as first) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1955 SECOND PRINTING of First USA Edition. SIGNED by 1953 team member George Lowe on title page. Original black cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in near fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than Lowe's signature), clean, bright pages, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket has rubbing along spine edges, 5mm tear upper rear, price-clipped front flap corner. The book measures 219mm tall x 137mm, and has 303 pages, 48 b/w photos, 5 maps, 15 drawings, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003291
- Title
- SOUTH COL. A PERSONAL STORY OF THE ASCENT OF EVEREST -- 1955 Hardcover SIGNED by George Lowe
- Author
- Noyce, Wilfrid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing (same as first)
- Publisher
- William Sloane & Associates
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Mt Everest, Nepal, Himalayas, Himalaya, Sagarmatha, Chomolungma Arrampicata,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Karakoram Himalaya; Everest;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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