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Photographs, maps, and diagrams enhance Messner's accounts of the ascents of seven great faces, accounts which combine narrative reports, anecdotes, technical observations, a philosophy of climbing, and descriptions of routes
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The Big Walls : History, Routes, Experiences
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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The Big Walls : History, Routes, Experiences
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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The Big Walls: History Routes Experiences
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Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st American edition. Oxford University, NY, 1978. First American edition. Book has slight bumps on lower corners. DJ has some light fading and toning on back panel and spine. Profusely illustrated with color and B & W photos. Drawings of mountains has routes of ascent indicated. Illustrated end-papers. Text details seven mountains on three continents. Seller Inventory # 000022
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The Big Walls History Routes Experiences
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Oxford University Press, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st US Ed. 143p, ills. Seller Inventory # 017041
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The Big Walls : History, Routes, Experiences
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Oxford University Press, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First US Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket would also be Fine but for just a tiny bit of yellowing to the white parts. NOT price clipped ($19.95). NO chips. NO tears. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. All pages are fresh and crisp. 9" wide by 10.5" tall. A riveting account of the ascent of seven of the world's most challenging faces: Monte Agnér North Face; Matterhorn North Face; Grandes Jorasses Walker Spur; Eiger North Face; Aconcagua South Face; Nanga Parbat South Face; Dhaulagiri South Face. Translated by Audrey Salkeld. Illustrated with photographs throughout, many in full-color. Endpaper diagrams show the heights of peaks and length of routes for over 30 mountains from Vesuvius to Everest. First US Edition with "First published in USA by Oxford University Press 1978" so stated on the copyright page. Neate M86. Bound in the original blue boards, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. Includes dust jacket. First US Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 144pp. Seller Inventory # 016180
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The Big Walls: History, Routes, Experiences
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1750083709
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The Big Walls: History, Routes, Experiences
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Signed by Messner on the half-title page. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly worn & toned with small water damage stains on top & bottom edges. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # CHAPmesBIG
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Big Walls: History, Routes, Experiences
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Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1978
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ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Chipped and Frayed. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 005140
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THE BIG WALLS: HISTORY, ROUTES, EXPERIENCES.
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Kaye & Ward,, London,, 1978
ISBN 10: 0195200624
ISBN 13: 9780195200621
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Original publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0195200624 Pages: 143 Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C87154
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