The Ascent of Mount Stalin
by Romm, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1936 8vo. original cream backed light blue cloth (neat prev. owner's bookplate to front pastedown, discrete bookclub blind stamp on upper board, but very clean & bright indeed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 270, with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate: R66: Mount Stalin (now Pik Communism, 7495m) was discovered in 1913. One of the official tasks of the 1933 Russian scientific expedition to the western Pamirs was the ascent of the peak].. First English. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004788
- Title
- The Ascent of Mount Stalin
- Author
- Romm, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First English
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Michael Romm Ascent Mount Stalin Russia Pamirs Tajikistan Central Asia Mountaineering Pik Kommunizma Pik Communism
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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