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Annapurna: Heroic Conquest of the Highest Mountain - 26,493 ft. - Ever Climbed by Man
by Herzog, Maurice
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kenmore, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Dutton, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Fair. signed by author. NY: Dutton 1953. Copyright page states 'first edition' with a date of 1952; dust jacket flap states '5th printing', title page has date 1953. Cloth hardcover in good condition; sun fade to edges, name (in pencil) on first free endpaper. Title page is browned as if a newspaper article had been stored there. Fold-out panorama at rear is in VG condition, no rips or marks. Price-clipped dust jacket is in fair condition; small rips & chips on bottom & top edges, chips (with old tape repair) at head of spine. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 314 pp. Classic account of the first ascent of an 8000m peak. Signed by Herzog on the short title page.
Synopsis
The distinguished French mountaineer MAURICE HERZOG was leader of the 1950 expedition to Annapurna. He was one of the two climbers to reach the summit.
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- Bookseller
- Azarat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5504
- Title
- Annapurna: Heroic Conquest of the Highest Mountain - 26,493 ft. - Ever Climbed by Man
- Author
- Herzog, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mountaineering, 8000 meters, Himalayas, Annapurna
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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Azarat Books
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Kenmore, Washington
About Azarat Books
Azarat Books carries unusual nonfiction titles in very good to fine condition. Specialties are mountaineering narratives and climbing guidebooks.
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- Fair
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- VG
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