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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A member of the renowned French climbing team that conquered Annapurna in Nepal in 1950 recalls his most thrilling mountain climbing adventures on 6 classic Alpine peaks, & offers suggestions of technique for other climbers. Translated from the original French, this is the First American Edition, First Printing, from 1957, in 189 pages with Index, Foreword by fellow mountaineer Sir John Hunt, + 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates, maps, & diagrams. Hardcover 8vo has matte black cloth-covered boards lettered in somewhat faded gilt to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with light tanning; unmarked save for former owner's name & address & small sticker to ffep, bookplate inside front cover, a few pen circles in table of contents. Slight rubbing to extremities, heavier at all corners &… Read More

London: J.M. Dent, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 122 pp, indexed, illustrated with maps and diagrams and 37 pages of plates. Near fine copy in original blue cloth with slight bumping to corners. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Translated from the 1954 French original. Neate R20: "Accounts of his own ascents; expressive and lyrical." The ascents included the Eiger, Grandes Jorasses, Piz Badile, Matterhorn, Drus, Cima Grande di Lavaredo.