Everest: the Swiss Expeditions in Photographs
by The Swiss Foundation For Alpine Research (compiled by) , Othmar Gurtner (Indroduction)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Cloth. Very Good+ condition, lightly frayed edges, previous owner's book label on front end paper. In Very Good, chipped dustjacket; This book is a compilation of photographs from the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research's expedition to Mount Everest in 1975. The photos show the preparations for the expedition, the journey to Everest, and the climb and descent. The book also includes a biography of Othmar Gurtner, the expedition's leader.; B & W Photograph; 144 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70142
- Title
- Everest: the Swiss Expeditions in Photographs
- Author
- The Swiss Foundation For Alpine Research (compiled by) , Othmar Gurtner (Indroduction)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business; Mountaineering; Photography;
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