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THE MATTERHORN
by Rey, Guido
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1913 third impression (same size as first impression). Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Lower outside cover corners have some fading (probably due to dampness - but no pages show any signs of exposure to dampness), slight fading to spine cloth, old owner name penned to corner of blank FFEP, no other owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, partial cracking to EP paper at hinges but hinges are strong and not about to fail. The book measures 266mm tall x 187mm and has 336 pages, 37 b/w illustrations, 11 b/w photographs. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002189
- Title
- THE MATTERHORN
- Author
- Rey, Guido
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Arrampicata, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, alps, alpes, cervin, cervino
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Alps;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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