This book conveys the infectious mixture of enthusiasm, joy and awe which mountains inspire in the author. It follows the climbing career of a crystal-hunting Austrian teenager who went on to discover his native Alps, climbing in a succession of seasons the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc, the North Face of the Dent d'Herens, the Obergabelhorn direct, the North Face of the Matterhorn, the Konigswand, the Peuterey Ridge and the North Face of the Eiger. While further afield his small-scale Alpine-style expeditions took him to Broad ...
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This book conveys the infectious mixture of enthusiasm, joy and awe which mountains inspire in the author. It follows the climbing career of a crystal-hunting Austrian teenager who went on to discover his native Alps, climbing in a succession of seasons the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc, the North Face of the Dent d'Herens, the Obergabelhorn direct, the North Face of the Matterhorn, the Konigswand, the Peuterey Ridge and the North Face of the Eiger. While further afield his small-scale Alpine-style expeditions took him to Broad Peak with Hermann Buhl and on a tragic denouement on Chogolisa to Tirich Mir in the Hindu Kush and the iceberg-choked fiords of Greenland.
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Good in Fair jacket. 8vo. DJ heavily chipped and creased to edges. Sunned and rubbed cloth to base and top edge, some light staining to closed edges, very slightly shaken, pp good, contents clean and bright.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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F- 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & marked, prev. owner's name inside front cover); pp. 344, with 10 illustrations & 8 maps/sketches. A near fine copy. [Neate D26].
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F- No Jacket. 8vo. original blue cloth (slightly rubbed & sunned, trifling spots; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 344, with 78 illustrations & 8 maps/sketches. A near fine copy. [Neate D26].
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original blue cloth (edges a tad sunned, else clean & crisp throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. 344, with 78 illustrations & 8 maps/sketches. A fine copy. [Neate D26].
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F- in VG jacket. Signed by Author. F-/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth (sunned patch at tail of spine) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a hint of edge rubbing with a little fraying, sizeable chip lost from tail of spine, otherwise very presentable); pp. 344, with 78 illustrations & 8 maps/sketches. A near fine copy in a chipped wrapper. [Neate D26]. Inscribed by Kurt Diemberger on the title page.
