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Filming The Impossible -- FIRST EDITION
by Dickinson, Leo
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original black boards with silver lettering spine. As new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no rubbing, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no rubbing, no fading, clean. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 253mm tall x 166mm, and has 256 pages, 177 color & 2 b/w photos. Author made first film of climb of Eiger's N face, and made the film of the Messner-Habeler 1st ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978. Also includes climbing Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Dhaulagiri, Eiger solo, and canoeing the Dudh Kosi from Khumbu Glacier. Very well illustrated. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002279
- Title
- Filming The Impossible -- FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Dickinson, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, china, Everest, Himalaya, patagonia, dhaulagiri, eiger, eigerwand, khumbu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Everest; Mountains Alps;
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Portland, Oregon
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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