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My Life as a Mountaineer... Translated By Geoffrey Sutton
by Heckmair, Anderl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0575019301
- ISBN 13
- 9780575019300
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975 VG/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, a little rubbed & marked, spine a bit canted) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a bit rubbed, spine mildly faded); pp. 224, with 23 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate H65: Climbing memoirs of a leading pre-war German climber and guide, who took part in the first ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1938]. Flatsigned on title page by Heinrich Harrer, author of 'The White Spider' and 'Seven Years in Tibet', who climbed with Heckmair on the Eiger.. Signed by Author's Climbing Partner. First English. Hard Cover. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008641
- Title
- My Life as a Mountaineer... Translated By Geoffrey Sutton
- Author
- Heckmair, Anderl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First English
- ISBN 10
- 0575019301
- ISBN 13
- 9780575019300
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Anderl Heckmair Eiger
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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