The First Tigers. The Early History of Rock Climbing in the Lake District
by Hankinson, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0460039431
- ISBN 13
- 9780460039437
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: J.M.Dent & Sons, 1972 VG/VG. 8vo. plain blue rexine (top edge slightly trimmed, a few library marks neatly erased from verso title page & endpapers, spine slightly slanted, small notation on final page, two small residual rsm's ('Cardiff Public Libraries') & a few grubby marks to text pages) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & wrinkled, edges neatly strengthened on reverse); pp. xviii, 196, with 16 illustrations & 2 maps. A very good copy. [Neate H23: Covers the period from the earliest eighteenth century records to 1914]. Great pains have been taken to neatly remove signs of the library provenance of this book. Quite presentable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001372
- Title
- The First Tigers. The Early History of Rock Climbing in the Lake District
- Author
- Hankinson, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0460039431
- ISBN 13
- 9780460039437
- Publisher
- J.M.Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Alan Hankinson First Tigers Cumbria Lake District Rock Climbing Britain Mountaineering
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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