Cho Oyu By Favour Of the Gods

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. Translated by Basil Creighton, with a Foreword by Sir John Hunt, dust jacket design by Faith Jaques. 'Cho Oyu, which means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan is the seventh highest mountain in the world and was conquered in 1954 by Herbert Tichy and his small expedition: this Austrian expedition was the smallest at that time… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. Undetermined. near fine. 1st edition. 196pp. Octavo in original beige cloth with 4 colour plates (including frontispiece) and B&W plates (both sides) from photos, and 2 illustrations (sketch maps) in text. A nice clean copy in an attractive dust jacket. near fine Neate T32. Account of the first ascent… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co., 1957. 1957 First Edition. hardcover. 196pp, original fawn cloth, some light foxing to prelims, VG in VG- dw with a little soiling to rear.. Ascent of the seventh highest mountain in the world by a very small expedition. A very well written account of the first ascent.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We… Read more about this item