Annapurna; First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1953. Very Good in Good dust-jacket First Edition, Fifth Printing. Marcel Ichac. [8.5x5.75in], 316 pp., three color-gravure, including frontispiece, 24 monochrome-gravure images, seven maps with one folding at rear, and panorama image of the Great Barrier, glossary and list of routes; Lime green cloth covers with black cloth back strip, silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust Jacket with color illustration of Herzog on snow slope with ice pick and French flag, black and white image of Herzog after decent on back cover; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, some rubbing to lettering on spine, light bumping of corners, hinges a bit loose, dust jacket with repaired small closed tears and chips along edges, Some rubbing to joints, edges, corners, and top and bottom of spine, illustrated bookplate of Thomas A. Gerber on front paste down. [JNeate H74, WRNeate 366] DK. Item #14406
Price: $75.00