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Condition Summary: (Very Good/Very Good) A tidy copy, in a very tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has very light foxing on the prelims. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, up to 20 mm (3/4 of an inch) long and minor chipping, up to 5 mm (1/4 of an inch) deep at the head and foot of the spine. Dust jacket conservation: Tears have been stabilised with Archibond 9gsm Archival Tissue [fully reversible]
Full Details
| Book Number | B0005471 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Mountain Scene |
| Author(s) | Author: Smythe, F. S. [Frank Sydney] [Frank Sydney] Photographer: Smythe, F. S. [Frank Sydney] [Frank Sydney] F. S. [Frank Sydney] Smythe (1900 to 1949)—British mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist in the early years of high altitude mountaineering. As a mountaineer carried out first ascents of the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc and of Kamet, and had attempts on Kanchenjunga and Mount Everest in the 1930s. He wrote 27 books illustrated with his own photographs |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: 1) '1937' on the foot of the title page and 2) no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: 1) blurb and priced '12s. 6d. net' on the front flap and 2) a series of book reviews ending with one for 'Germany' on the lower panel. [References: Mountaineering Literature: A Bibliography of Material Published in English by Jill Neate, reference S120] Hardcover Quarto (25-30 cm high). Ix and 153 printed pages in blue cloth with white 'Black', 'F. S. Smythe', 'The Mountain Scene' on the spine and 'The Mountain Scene' on the upper board, in dust jacket. Contains seventy eight black and white photographs by F. S. [Frank Sydney] Smythe |
| Publisher(s) | Adam and Charles Black, London, 1937 Adam and Charles Black—(Founded in 1807) A British publishing company founded by Adam and Charles Black in Edinburgh. It is now an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. It is best known as the publisher of the annual Who's Who, Whitaker's Almanack and colour illustrated books. [McBride page 22] [Zempel and Verkler page 49] [The A&C Black Colour Books by Colin Inman] . |
| Series | No |
| Content | content A collection of essays and photographs covering: The British Hills, The Eastern Alps, The Bernese Oberland, The Pennine Alps, The Range of Mont Blanc, Kangchenjunga, Kamet, and Mount Everest. . |
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