Coronation Everest
by Morris, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1958 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & sunned, occasional spottting, mainly to leaf edges) in dustwrapper (pirce-clipped, a little rubbed & nicked, tiny chipping at headcap); pp. 146, with 8 illustrations & 3 maps. Original purchase receipt, loosely enclosed. A very good copy. [Neate M147]. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027590
- Title
- Coronation Everest
- Author
- Morris, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Jan Morris James Morris Coronation Everest Asia Himalaya Nepal Mountaineering Ed Hillary Tenzing Norgay John Hunt
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
Glossary
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- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...