Nanga Parbat Adventure A Himalayan Expedition -- FIRST EDITION 1936

Bechtold, Fritz

Edité par E. P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1936

A propos de cet article

1936 FIRST USA EDITION. Original green cloth with maroon lettering front cover and spine. WITH uncommon original dust jacket. The book has clean covers, rubbing to corners and spine ends, old ower name dated 1946 on blank FFEP otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, light tan 3cm smudge mark top edge text block (does not penetrate onto page faces), no foxing, solid binding, complete with all pages and plates. The original dust jacket has cello tape in several places along the edges, big chunk missing lower front corner, 2cm loss spine ends, loss along top rear edge, split along rear spine crease, rubbing spine crease edges. The book measures 258mm tall x 178mm, and has 93 pages of text and 80 pages of b/w photos, 3 maps, index. This book has some of the better examples of mountain photography for the period, including several spectacular images. The best photos are by Erwin Schneider, Peter Mullritter, and Fritz Bechtold. Though best known as a pioneering cartographer, Schneider was an outstanding photographer, many of his photos being artistic rather than merely documentary. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Nanga Parbat Adventure A Himalayan Expedition -- FIRST EDITION 1936
• Éditeur: E. P. Dutton and Company, New York
• Date de parution: 1936
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Poor
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mountains Alps
  • Mountains Karakoram Himalaya
  • Cascades USA Mountains