Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster [SIGNED COPY]
by Krakauer, Jon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679457526
- ISBN 13
- 9780679457527
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Villard Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0679457526 . SIGNED by the author on the title page. Contains a b&w photo section in the front, end paper maps by Anita Karl, and illustrations by Randy Rackliff. There is a one page bibliography in the rear. Original white spine over gray paper-covered covers with gilt spine and cover lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names an no bookplates. There is a bookshop bar code sticker on the bottom rear panel with a stamped note over it: "This Label Required for Autographing"--probably part of an book signing at some bookshop.The top edge of the jacket is a bit wrinkled, but not particularly noticeable as the jacket is now in a removable acetate jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations & Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.
Reviews
On Feb 28 2017, a reader said:
very suspenseful. Interesting and sounds dangerous.
On Oct 2 2010, AngelaAndrews said:
The book arrived in excellent condition. It was like-new!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20277
- Title
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster [SIGNED COPY]
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679457526
- ISBN 13
- 9780679457527
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0679457526, Mountain Climbing, Sports, Mt. Everest, Mountaineering, China, Nepal
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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