Buy this book on-line TERRAY Lionel : Conquistadors of the Useless from the Alps to Annapurna and BeyondGollancz, London, 1963
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. trsl by Geoffrey Sutton, autobiography of Lionel Terray famed for the second ascent of North Face of Eiger (1947) and a dramatic rescue on it in 1957, includes climbing in the Alps, North Face Eiger, world war two in the Alps with mountain troops, Annapurna, Makalu, Chacraraju and his time guiding, 80 photographs in b&w, 351pp, the dustjacket is rubbed to edges and has been price-clipped, on the underside of the rear panel it has some offsetting from the blue boards where has been slightly damp, this is quite minor, some pages to the rear of the book have been slightly rippled due to long dried out moisture probably just atmospheric dampness as no watermarking is apparent, The leading edge of the upper board has a few dents where something heavy has been sat on it, again this is reasonably minor, all in all a VG copy in similar dustjacket with a few short tears to edges. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of TERRAY Lionel : Conquistadors of the Useless from the Alps to Annapurna and Beyond. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, antiquarian books, livres d'occasion, livres anciens and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |