Makalu

Orell Füssli, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Zürich: Orell Füssli 1956, first German edition. VG cloth hardback in a VG unclipped dust jacket. 6.25 x 9.25 in., 182 pp. First, second & third ascents of Makalu. Subtitle translates to The Conquest of the 8470 Meter High Himalayan Giant. In German, no… Read more about this item

1955. [Grenoble and Paris], Arthaud, [1955]. Square 8vo. Original wrappers in dust-wrapper; pp. 225, [10, advertisements], 4 pages loosely inserted [explanation of the plates]; 30 from photographs, 5 sketch maps; a little wear to wrapper, else a very good copy, inscribed by Guido Magnone, one of the summiteers. First edition. An account of the successful French… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1957. 1957 First Edition. hardcover. 256pp, original decorative cloth, owner's signature, VG+ in VG dw with some edge wear. Account of the 1955 French expedition which made the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ascents. The highest peak yet conquered by an entire team.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Pages clean and bright, some light shelf wear to edges of boards but binding firm, slight lean to text block, chipping to dust jacket with 2cm loss to foot of jacket spine, jacket price clipped.. First English Edition. Hard. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

Jonathan Cape, 1957. 1957 First Edition. hardcover. 256pp, original decorative cloth, VG+ in VG price clipped dw.. Account of the 1955 French expedition which made the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ascents. The highest peak yet conquered by an entire team.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape. Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. spine somewhat sun faded.

MAKALU - Jean Franco, Jonathan Cape, London, 1st English Edn., 1957, VG+ no internal marks, VG jacket -on tiny hole in jacket spine, Account of the French expedition that made the first ascent of Makalu in 1955....a remarkable story in that all expedition members reached the summit on successive days - a very scarce book in English especially in this… Read more about this item