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The Climb Up to Hell
by Olsen, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Early reprint in same binding and format as the first printing. The only difference between this and the first printing is that this does not have "first edition" printed on the copyright page. Otherwise the book is identical to the first printing. The book measures 218mm tall x 141mm, and has 212 pages, 30 b/w photos. Rescue of Corti from the Eigerwand in 1957, the deaths of the others on the climb. Much conflict regarding the climb, mainly relating to Corti. This story reads like a good suspense novel evoking empathy, horror, frustration, and perhaps anger. Exciting, fast-paced true but unhappy (excepting the magnificent collective rescue effort) story. CONDITION: Original black cloth, silver lettering spine. Faint trace of bookplate removal from the first blank page, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, clean. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000906
- Title
- The Climb Up to Hell
- Author
- Olsen, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Eiger Eigerwand Alps Mountaineering Alpes Alpinisme Alpinism Mountaineering Climbing Mountains Mountain Bergsteigen Alpinismo Arrampicata
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Mountains Alps;
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JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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About the Seller
JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Portland, Oregon
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- Reprint
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
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