The Shining Mountain. Two Men on Changabang's West Wall ... With Material By Joe Tasker.
by Boardman, Peter [Tasker, Joe]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F-/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0340223758
- ISBN 13
- 9780340223758
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Leisure Circle, 1978 F-/VG. 8vo. original blue rexine gilt (mild bumping to spine) in dustwrapper (slight fade to spine, edges rubbed with closed tear to lower hinge); pp. xii, 192, with 12 colour plates, 14 b/w plates & a view of the route. A very good copy. [Neate B120: This book received a literary prize. It recounts the Alpine-style ascent of the formidable west face, one of the most remarkable climbs in the Himalaya by a light-weight expedition. Boardman and Tasker disappeared on the north-east ridge of Everest 1982]. . Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007942
- Title
- The Shining Mountain. Two Men on Changabang's West Wall ... With Material By Joe Tasker.
- Author
- Boardman, Peter [Tasker, Joe]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0340223758
- ISBN 13
- 9780340223758
- Publisher
- The Leisure Circle
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Peter Boardman Joe Tasker Shining Mountain Changabang Himalaya
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