The White Spider: An Account of the First Ascent of the Eiger.
by HARRER, Heinrich
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Limited Editions Club,, 1996.. First edition.. 4to. 69 pp. Fine in linen-covered boards with gray leather spine and inset stonework decoration. Fine publisher’s clamshell box with leather spine label. Illustrated with photographs by Harrer. One of 300 numbered copies on Arches stock SIGNED by Harrer. His description of the first successful ascent of the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps. Original Club newsletter specific to this volume accompanies.
Synopsis
The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51724
- Title
- The White Spider: An Account of the First Ascent of the Eiger.
- Author
- HARRER, Heinrich
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Limited Editions Club,
- Date Published
- 1996.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Any book returnable for any reason within 10 days with prior notice. CA residents please add 9.5% sales tax. Libraries can be billed as needed.
About the Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Berkeley, California
About Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on 20th C. poetry, small press, literary magazines, broadsides, and interesting books in most fields.
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