ABODE OF SNOW: A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering

by Mason, Kenneth

First American Edition

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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1955 xi, 372 pp. Maps, plates, appendix (includes bibliography), index. This well-known history provides a very simply written account of the exploration and climbing of the Himalayan mountains by Westerners. The focus is principally on twentieth-century explorers and climbers, although the author does provide a brief historical account of earlier exploration. CONDITION: Dark green cloth (no fraying). Some sunning to upper and lower edges of spine. Text clean, paper lightly browned; minor foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket worn and chipped at ends of spine and at corners.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 22 x 15 cm.

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