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PUF, 1949. in12. 1949. broché.
Subterranean Climbers. Twelve Years In The World's Deepest Caverns -- FIRST EDITION by Chevalier, Pierre - 1952
by Chevalier, Pierre
Subterranean Climbers. Twelve Years In The World's Deepest Caverns -- FIRST EDITION
by Chevalier, Pierre
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean & bright covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket has small loss at spine ends, clipped front flap corner but original price still present on flap. The book measures 225mm tall x 145mm, and has 223 pages, 23 b/w photos, 9 sketches, 10 maps, index. Account of the linking of the Glaz & the Guiers-Mort, discovery of the transverse passage through the Dent de Crolles in SE France during wartime occupation (some resistance fighting). Considerable technical & elaborate climbing involved. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
- Bookseller JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1952
- Keywords Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, spelunking, caves, dirt