The Last Blue Mountain
by Barker, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Large chips to dust-jacket at ends of spine and margins of front panel. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 212 pages + frontispiece + 22 illustrations on 11 plates leaves. 3 maps. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 137mm. "The story of the tragedy on Haramosh, of five sharply contrasted characters at grips with one of the most difficult and dangerouso mountains in the world, is one of compelling interest and excitement." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22182
- Title
- The Last Blue Mountain
- Author
- Barker, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1959)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Blurb
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