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Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 880
by Dent, Clinton. Illustrated By Edward Whymper and Percy Macquoid
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885. First edition, 1885. Blue cloth printed in gilt and blue, frontis engraving and an additional plate by Edward Whymper, another by Percy Macquoid. Fair to good condition with considerable edgewear and chipping to spine ends, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound but not tight (no loosened pages), short closed tear along inner margin of one page, pages clean with a decorative name stamp on the title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045290
- Title
- Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 880
- Author
- Dent, Clinton. Illustrated By Edward Whymper and Percy Macquoid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ALPINE CLIMBING MOUNTAINEERING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture; Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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