The White Spider. The Story of the North Face of the Eiger ... With Additional Chapters by Heinrich Harrer and Kurt Maix
by Harrer, Heinrich
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0246641096
- ISBN 13
- 9780246641090
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards (prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. 310, with 39 plates, a foldout plate + double-page plan. A near fine copy. [Neate H41: The author, an Austrian mountaineer, took part in the first ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1938 after there had been several attempts and fatalities]. The revised edition (1965), reprinted in a slightly different format. . Third Impression. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015191
- Title
- The White Spider. The Story of the North Face of the Eiger ... With Additional Chapters by Heinrich Harrer and Kurt Maix
- Author
- Harrer, Heinrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Third Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0246641096
- ISBN 13
- 9780246641090
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Heinrich Harrer White Spider Eiger Switzerland Bernese Oberland Alps Alpinism Mountaineering Climbing History
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