Distant Mountains: Encounters with the World's Greatest Mountains
by John Cleare
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Duncan Baird Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1998. First Published in GB. 173 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by author to half title page. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Water staining to baords. White spots overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Visible marks and scratches to panels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1657186526TMB
- Title
- Distant Mountains: Encounters with the World's Greatest Mountains
- Author
- John Cleare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duncan Baird Publishers
- Date Published
- 1998
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...