The Armchair Mountaineer
by David Reuther
ISBN: 0684181983
ISBN-13: 9780684181981
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 1984
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The ARMCHAIR MOUNTAINEER (The Armchair Library)
Thorn
Scribner. Hardcover. 0684181983 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears.lightly soiled- pages few stains, 1984 Scribner Hard Cover . Very Good. 1984. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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The ARMCHAIR MOUNTAINEER (The Armchair Library)
Thorn
Scribner. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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THE ARMCHAIR MOUNTAINEER
Reuther, David and John Thorn (edited by) [Chris Bonington, Yvon Chouinard, Maurice Herzog, Sir Edmund Hillary, Norman Mailer, Reinhold Messner, Galen Rowell, James Ramsey Ullman, Clinton Dent, Philip C. Gossett, Robert Graves, Peter Habeler, et al]
Birmingham: Menasha Ridge Press [1989], 1989. First edition [first printing with printing code line beginning with a "1"]. 342 pages, illustrated with drawings, glossary. [NB: the copyright page ISBN is 0-684-18198-3 but the rear cover ISBN is 0-89732-092-1]. VG copy [spine creased and slightly cocked, upper corner creasing to the front cover].. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Other Worlds Bookstore (United States)
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The Armchair Mountaineer
Reuther, David; Thorn, John
Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Menasha Ridge Press, 1984 Pages are clean, tight and bright.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Carroll, Bob. ( more information) Offered by BookTown USA (United States)
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The armchair mountaineer
REUTHER, DAVID and, THORN, JOHN editors
Birmingham, AL: Menasha Ridge Press. 1989. Soft Cover. 0684181983 . Illustrations by Bob Carroll. 342 pages, illustrations, pictorial wraps, very good. From the back cover, 'Few sports have the mystic allure that is so much a part of mountaineering. The rewards for success are great, as are the consequences for failure. So solitary a sport, mountaineering leads to the release of some of our innermost feelings; feelings of uncertainty, competitiveness, and the desire to conquer fear and physical limitation. Within the pages of The Armchair Mountaineer. are the accounts of many of the great triumphs and tragedies of mountaineering. The combination of great climbers and renowned authors leads to a volume filled with accounts of ascents from around the world.' . ( more information) Offered by Military History Bookshop (United States)
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