Author: REUTHER, DAVID; THORN, JOHN (EDITORS); CARROLL, BOB (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: The Armchair Mountaineer (the Armchair Library Series)
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684181983. A first printing of this collection of articles and essays sharing a common theme of mountaineering. Mostly accounts of difficult climbs in the Himalayas, the Alps and other challenging ranges; it also consists of tips and techniques, fictional accounts, and even a story by Mark Twain about an imagined Alpine climb by extravagantly-equipped gentlemen climbers. With drawings in black & white by Bob Carroll. --- In full blue paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy, though with scratches and wear to edges of covers.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, 342 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .
Keywords: 0684181983 >>Outdoor Pursuits & Recreation
Title: The Armchair Mountaineer (the Armchair Library Series)
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684181983. A first printing of this collection of articles and essays sharing a common theme of mountaineering. Mostly accounts of difficult climbs in the Himalayas, the Alps and other challenging ranges; it also consists of tips and techniques, fictional accounts, and even a story by Mark Twain about an imagined Alpine climb by extravagantly-equipped gentlemen climbers. With drawings in black & white by Bob Carroll. --- In full blue paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy, though with scratches and wear to edges of covers.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, 342 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .
Keywords: 0684181983 >>Outdoor Pursuits & Recreation
Price: US$ 10.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 72177
- Book number: 72177