Downward Bound: A Mad! Guide To Rock Climbing -- FIRST EDITION
by Harding, Warren "Batso
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Beryl "Beasto" Knauth. 1975 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is collectible condition with very clean covers, no rubbing, no fading, usual tanning to EPs and much less than usual tanning to margins of pages, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding. The dust jacket is in better condition than usual: no fading, no soiling, 15mm clean tear upper front at spine crease, rubbing to spine corners and to very tips of flap corners, complete with original price of $7.95 on front flap corner. Collectible condition. NOTE: the first edition of this book is prone to cracking of the binding if it is opened too widely. The binding is not sewn, and the drying of the glue creates this condition. This example has been carefully examined to see if there is cracking with none being found. There is no cracking of the binding in this example. The book measures 215mm tall x 130mm, and has 204 pages, 42 b/w photos, sketches. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003321
- Title
- Downward Bound: A Mad! Guide To Rock Climbing -- FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Harding, Warren "Batso
- Illustrator
- Beryl "Beasto" Knauth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Yosemite, rock climbing, everest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cascades USA Mountains; California; Mountain Stories;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- Tight
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.