The White Spider: The History of the Eiger's North Face
by HARRER, HEINRICH & MERRICK, HUGH (Trans)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis 1959. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue- faded, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & discolourationto spine & boards with some minor soiling, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl soiling & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & scuffing to covers)
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- Title
- The White Spider: The History of the Eiger's North Face
- Author
- HARRER, HEINRICH & MERRICK, HUGH (Trans)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis 1959
- Keywords
- first editions Eiger Bernese Alps mountaineering mountain climbing exploration adventure Heinrich Harrer
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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