Everest Expedition To The Ultimate..
Bound in original orange cloth, gilt in pictorial dust wrapper. Spine sunned but otherwise a very good copy. 1979 signature on second free endpaper.
£25.00
Publisher
Kaye and Ward.,
Place
London
Date
1979
Synopsis
Translated by audrey salkeld.
Item Description
Large 8vo. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. 254 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by coloured plan frontispiece, coloured photographic plates and by black and white photographs and plans and sketches in text. Pictorial endpapers.
Notes
Translated from the German of 1978. Account of the Austrian Alpine Club 1978 Expedition. The first ascent without the use of artificial oxygen, 'by fair means without technical tricks.'
[Stock No. 23447]
Subjects
20th Century • Asia • Mountains • Sport • Travel