Once Bitten
by Vardy, Nigel
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1905823274
- ISBN 13
- 9781905823277
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penryn, Cornwall: Ecademy Press, 2008. A small mark at the top of the first page where a price(?) has been removed, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the climbing expedition to Mount McKinley by the author and two companions in 1999. They became stranded due to severe weather and were rescued suffering from severe frostbite. He lost his nose, fingers, and toes. 167pp, 17 b&w illustrations and a map.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005443
- Title
- Once Bitten
- Author
- Vardy, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1905823274
- ISBN 13
- 9781905823277
- Publisher
- Ecademy Press
- Place of Publication
- Penryn, Cornwall
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Climbing, Frostbite, Mount-Mckinley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.