Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot
by Wherry, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Wherry's Alpine holiday memoirs from 1891 to 1895; plus a chapter on "the climbing foot", and one on accidents. 8vo, xvi, 174 pp, ads [4], b&w photographic illustrations. Green gilt cloth covers with gilt title at spine and front board with gilt decoration. Slt. ruffling to head of spine, slt. rubbing on covers, fox spotting to end papers, interior clean, spine tight. OCLC: 6480890.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20415
- Title
- Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot
- Author
- Wherry, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Bowes
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- MOUNTAINEERING;
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- SL.
- slight
- 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....