A Search for the Apex of America
by Peck, Annie S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Kenmore, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dodd, Mead, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Dodd, Mead 1911, first edition. VG decorated cloth; wear to extremities, top of spine slightly frayed, two moisture spots on spine, previous owner's name to front pastedown, mild fading to gilt on spine. Gilt decoration on front remains strong. No dust jacket. 6 x 9 in., 370 pp. Peck climbed for several years before she turned her attention to South America. She sought a summit higher than Aconcagua, and thought she had found it when she climbed the north summit of Huascarán. Unfortunately a defective barometer gave her the wrong altitude. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Azarat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2893
- Title
- A Search for the Apex of America
- Author
- Peck, Annie S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, Andes, Huascarán
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Azarat Books
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About the Seller
Azarat Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....