Very large, heavy book, red cloth spine, black boards, ink note on first front end paper, 174 pages plus b/w photo plus brief biographical note. Many illustrations, some in color. DJ has beautiful color photo of mountain and climber on front, b/w photo on back. DJ has tiny nick at spine top edge, spine bottom right edge, crease at top back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Ascent : The Mountaineering Experience in Word and Image

Publisher

Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1984

Language

English

ISBN 10

0871568268

ISBN 13

9780871568267

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Sport

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Synopsis

Essays, drawings, photographs, and accounts of climbing expeditions draw attention to the aura of mountains and the skills of the people who scale them

From Library Journal

In the tradition of the Sierra Club's mountaineering journal Ascent , this third book with that title (the first appeared in 1980) contains fiction and poetry as well as true-life experiences and photographs exalting the many sides of this sport.-- MR
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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