Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks: A Record of Pioneer Work among the Canadian Alps, 1908-1912
by Palmer, Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a classic work on the Selkirk Mountains, which extend about 300 miles from northern Idaho and eastern Washington across the border into British Columbia; the author, an American who was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, explored the Selkirks over the course of five summers from 1908 to 1912 and climbed more than 35 of its peaks; this book is a description of the Selkirks and of the mountaineering and travel among them; includes 3 fold-out maps and 219 photographs (black cloth with bright gold lettering, gilt top edge, slightly bumped corners; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; a large, heavy volume)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004068
- Title
- Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks: A Record of Pioneer Work among the Canadian Alps, 1908-1912
- Author
- Palmer, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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