The Ascent of Dhaulagiri by Max Eiselin - 1961

Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. This Translation. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white and colour photographs. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces mildly tanned and sunned, particularly spine.

GB: OUP Oxford University Press, 1961. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. English Translation. 159 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free endpaper is removed. Pencil inscription to half title page. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Minor marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Notable loss to spine ends and edges. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Oxford University Press, 1961. Very good. First. Dust jacket: Good..

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. First edition of the English translation, 1961. Well illustrated throughout from photographs in black and white, some color. Blue cloth, 160 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is good with some chipping near the spine ends, other edgewear and tiny chips, a few very short closed tears, fairly little paper loss. This book is from a collection of alpine and mountaineering books owned by Jeffery and Beverly Parrette who traveled the world climbing challenging peaks and often presented the books to one another as gifts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Textblock and binding in excellent condition, very clean and tight. Unclipped dust jacket with chipped spine extremities, corners and edges; Small chip in middle of spine, several closed and open tears to edges, mylar sleeved. 159p.. First English Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 9" by 6.5". Various. The first English translation of Max Eiselin's account of Dhaulagiri. Eiselin was the organizer of the first ascent of the mountain. A firsthand account of this mountaineering expedition up this Nepalese mountain. It is the seventh highest mountain in the world, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country. Prior to this expedition there were four unsuccessful attempts at the peak. Translated into English from the original German by E Noel Bowman. With the original dustwrapper, which is price-clipped. Illustrated with photographs of the expedition by members. For this work Eiselin has supplemented his own impressions of the climb by the reports of his friends and companions on the ascent, Ernst Saxer, Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer and Albin Schelbert. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A few handling marks to the… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1961. 1st Eng ed VG no dw. account of the first ascent of Dhaulagiri by the Swiss in 1960 [Neate E14]

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Bound in crisp, blue cloth with black title label and bright, silver titles, this 1961 hardcover First English Edition is Fine. Translated from the German by E. Noel Bowman. X/159pp with Preface, Introduction, 11 Chapters, 5 colour plates, 2 Maps, and 38 other illustrations. Clean endpapers, sound/tight binding: Fine condition. . Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1961.