K2. The Savage Mountain
by Houston, Charles and Robert Bates
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954 8vo. original red cloth backed boards gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, tail of spine slightly watermarked, small label marks to front endpapers, else clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 334, with 27 b/w photographs, 9 colour photographs, plus text figures & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002312
- Title
- K2. The Savage Mountain
- Author
- Houston, Charles and Robert Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Charles Houston K2 Savage Mountain Robert Bates American Karakoram Karakorum Pakistan Mountaineering
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Tail
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