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In this short span: A mountaineering memoir
by Ward, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0575013281
- ISBN 13
- 9780575013285
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, pp304 complete with 24 pages of b/w photographic plates with end paper maps and 3 other maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ in very good condition with a little discoloration to edges and small spot to spine and a little rubbing to edges. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top edge and top of spine. Inside gift inscription to half title page. All other pages and plates in very good clean condition with a little foxing to foreedge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000562
- Title
- In this short span: A mountaineering memoir
- Author
- Ward, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575013281
- ISBN 13
- 9780575013285
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- travel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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