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A story of people caught up in the maelstrom of history, of the loss of innocence and the cost of neutrality. It is set against the growing threat of war in Europe in the thirties. The author has also written "The Flint Bed" and "About the Body".
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- PublisherSecker & Warburg
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0436199890
- ISBN 13 9780436199899
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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The Condition of Ice
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A tight copy. Pages are browning slightly. Edges of jacket are lightly rubbed. ; 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.5 Inches; 224 pages. Seller Inventory # 201593
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR003924871
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue coloured endpapers, with blue coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper (background) with light-coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Set in Switzerland as the threat of war keeps growing, and of an Englishman, Ernest Tinnion, and his childhood friend ,Hansi Kirchner (a German) race to the first mountaineers to conquer the north face of the Versucherin. "Although Tinnion tries to deny the events are unfolding around him, what happens on the mountain forces him to face the truth  about love, friendship and, most importantly, about himself. Rubbing of the backstrip edges and lower book corners. Browning of the text block edges and pages. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 169, [1] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Switzerland; 1930s; Mountaineering. ISBN: 0436199890. ISBN/EAN: 9780436199899. Inventory No: 0119117. Seller Inventory # 0119117
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket,not price clipped,and with no chips or tears to the d/jThis copy has been signed and inscribed by the Author on the Title Page.Their is just a little tanning to the page edges.Uncommon signed copy of the Author's fourth novel,8vo 170pp First Edition [1990]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 12794
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Book Description Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Interior age-toned. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 169 pages. A story about mountaineering set in Switzerland in the 1930s. This story weighs weigh survival against loyalty, neutrality against love and friendship, and recognises the ominous parallels with the looming global conflict. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 3367
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, usual tanning to pages, D/j has no tears, nicks, creases or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication. Seller Inventory # 00861
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Book Description Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Akzeptabel. 224 Seiten; Secker & Warburg - 1st. 1990 : Christopher Burns - gb + Su RR-6OBQ-UJLJ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 32. Seller Inventory # 312659
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