Australia's Alps
by Mitchell, Elyne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942, first printing. 4to., xii+185pp., illustrated with b/w plates, maps, endpaper map, frontis. Pale blue cloth with gilt titles. Some fade to the spine and top edge of boards, mild rub to one tip. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive copy. The rare first edition of a classic Australian mountaineering and skiing book.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009249
- Title
- Australia's Alps
- Author
- Mitchell, Elyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
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Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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