K2. The Savage Mountain
by Houston, Charles and Robert Bates
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1955 8vo. original blue boards gilt (rubbed & bumped, some sunning and marking, FFE excised, some tanning and offsetting to paperstock, ex-Newington College Library with occ. RSMs, else internally clean & unmarked; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 192 , with 22 illustrations. A good copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026423
- Title
- K2. The Savage Mountain
- Author
- Houston, Charles and Robert Bates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First UK
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Charles Houston K2 Savage Mountain Robert Bates American Karakoram Karakorum Pakistan Mountaineering
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