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Scarce and collectible climbing literature... The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps by Samuel Turner, 1922

Scarce and collectible climbing literature... The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps by Samuel Turner, 1922

Regular price $195.00 NZD
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1922 First Edition. Original blue cloth with debossed lettering front cover, gilt lettering spine. Some fading, edge wear to cover, rubbing to spine edges and corners. Solid binding, all pages and b&w photographs intact. A tidy example in VG condition for its age. 

Published by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd of London. 291pp. 225mm x 145mm, 44 b/w photos, 1 map, appendix, index. Turner spent over 10 seasons in the New Zealand Alps. Includes ascents of Mt Cook, Sefton, Tasman, first ascents of Isabel & Hopkins, 

Rare, VG

 

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