Everest. The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour... Foreword By Sir Edmund Hillary
by Gillman, Peter (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F-
- ISBN 10
- 0316904899
- ISBN 13
- 9780316904896
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993 F/F-. Folio. original black boards in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. 208, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.65kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy. Flatsigned to title page to the author, 'Peter Gillman' and 'Chris Bonington', who contributes an article about his own personal ascent in 1985.. Association Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005209
- Title
- Everest. The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour... Foreword By Sir Edmund Hillary
- Author
- Gillman, Peter (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316904899
- ISBN 13
- 9780316904896
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Peter Gillman Everest Nepal Tibet Mountaineering Himalaya Chris Bonington
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Fine
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- Folio
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