Annapurna: First Conquest of an 800-Meter Peak [26,493]

Herzog, Maurice; Morin, Nea (Trans.); Smith, Janet Adam (Trans.) Ichac, Marcel (Cartographer/Photog.); Shipton, Eric (Intro.)

Edité par E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1952

Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xv, 208pp. Rather heavy wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, creasing, chipping, and open tears to covers, corners, and edges. Flaps of jacket are nearly completely torn off. Map to inside of jacket. Rubbing and toning to covers and edges of gray paper over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink at front free endpaper. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Annapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers made a mad dash for its peak. They became the first men to accomplish the feat, doing so without oxygen tanks or any of the modern equipment that contemporary climbers use. The adventure nearly cost them their lives.(Publisher). N° de réf. du vendeur 14599

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Annapurna: First Conquest of an 800-Meter ...
Éditeur : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York
Date d'édition : 1952
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : poor
Edition : Book Club Edition.