Everest. Expedition to the Ultimate ... Translated by Audrey Salkeld.
by Messner, Reinhold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0195201353
- ISBN 13
- 9780195201352
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979 F/F. 8vo. original orange cloth gilt in dustwrapper priced $16.95; pp. 254, with illustrations & maps. A fine copy in an unfaded jacket, uncommon thus. Flatsigned boldy to title page by the author, 'Reinhold Messner'. Although unmarked, this copy is ex-libris climbing journalist David Pagel, with his tiny marginalia to title page. [Neate M88: First ascent without oxygen with Peter Habeler].. Signed by Author. First US. Hard Cover. F/F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034183
- Title
- Everest. Expedition to the Ultimate ... Translated by Audrey Salkeld.
- Author
- Messner, Reinhold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F
- Edition
- First US
- ISBN 10
- 0195201353
- ISBN 13
- 9780195201352
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Reinhold Messner Everest Expedition to the Ultimate Nepal Himalaya Mountaineering Peter Habeler
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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