The White Spider. The History of the Eiger's North Face
by Harrer, Heinrich
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/G+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959 VG-/G+. 8vo. original blue boards (paperstock a little tanned, board edges a little sunned, rubbed and grubby, a few marks to endpapers, else internally clean) in dustwrapper priced 30s net (edges rubbed and frayed, with tearing / creasing to extremities); pp. 240, with 39 plates, folding panorama + double-page plan. A very good copy in a worn dustwrapper. [Neate H41: The author, an Austrian mountaineer, took part in the first ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1938 after there had been several attempts and fatalities]. The uncommon first UK edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/G+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006476
- Title
- The White Spider. The History of the Eiger's North Face
- Author
- Harrer, Heinrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Heinrich Harrer White Spider Eiger Switzerland Bernese Oberland Alps Alpinism Mountaineering Climbing History
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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