The Alpine Journal Tapa dura - 1989

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Glasgow, United Kingdom: Muller, 1993. First Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine.

London: Frederick Muller. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0091737702 Dust jacket unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 339 pages clean and tight.The Alpine Journal is unique in mountain literature. It has been published regularly since 1863 as `a record of mountain adventure and scientific observation' and follows Peaks Passes and Glaciers which started publication in 1859. Throughout its long tradition, the Alpine Journal has contained contributions from leading mountaineers and the tradition continues to this day. This volume encompasses mountain exploits as varied as Stephen Venables's epic solo ascent of Everest, without oxygen and by a new route, and his mother's more light-hearted adventures on Mount Kenya. There are accounts of important British successes on Everest's NE ridge, Menlungtse, Cho Oyu, Kungyang Kish and Jitchu Drake, and of exploration and climbing in India, China and the USSR,… Leer más

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London: Frederick Muller (The Alpine Club). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0091737702 . First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine (short closed edge tear at the top of the front flap fold) dust jacket. .