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Rock for Climbing
by Milner, C. Douglas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair-Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1950. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Fair-Good. Comprehensive guide to the sport of rock-climbing long before it became popular in this FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1950, in 128 pages with 97 black-and-white photos by the author throughout text. The climbs described are exclusively European, including crags in the British Lake District, North Wales, Skye, Switzerland, the Chamonix Auguilles (France) & the Dolomites (Italy).With black-cloth-covered boards sporting silver lettering & design to front & spine, this hardcover small 4to is in Good condition, downgraded due to heavy rubbing to lower extremities, less to top edges. Else, very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked, except for former owner's name & address to ffep & handwritten "notes & assent routes" to rear free endpaper. Light tanning commensurate with age. The bottom price-clipped DJ is Fair-Good, missing sections at head & tail of spine, rubbing to extremities; nicely protected now in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021980
- Title
- Rock for Climbing
- Author
- Milner, C. Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair-Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINEERING ROCK CLIMBING ADVENTURE TRAVEL SPORTS FITNESS EUROPE EUROPEAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Fitness; Travel-Exploration-Adventure;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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