Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. [With a Foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young]
by Smythe, F.S
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good + overall
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Wm. Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Good + overall. Francis Sydney Smythe (1900-1949) was a British mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist. 8vo, 307pp, illustrated throughout, 72 photographic plates, 1 folding panorama. Several plates loose. Original blue cloth boards with gilt titles on cover and spine. Slightly rubbed cover, spine frayed at top and bottom, interior clean. OCLC: 10255581.
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- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20441
- Title
- Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. [With a Foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young]
- Author
- Smythe, F.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wm. Blackwood & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1929
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