High Ambition a Biography Of Reinhold Messner

Victor Gollancz Ltd. Biography of an extreme mountaineer. Messner was the leader of the first pair to climb Everest without oxygen and then K2 as well as the first solo climb of Nanga Parbat without oxygen. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. b&w photographs. 180 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982 F-/VG. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £9.95 net (a little rubbed & frayed, tape repair on reverse); pp. iv (last blank), 180, with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. [Neate F10]. Flatsigned boldly on half-title, 'R.Messner'.. Signed by Subject. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG.

Alpine Sports, Gollancz, 1982. 1982 Limited First Edition. hardcover. 180pp, Fine in near Fine dw, signed by Ronald Faux and Reinhold Messner. Loosely inserted is a ticket for Messner's lecture in London sponsored by Alpine Sports in 1982. Special edition of 1000 copies commissioned by Alpine Sports to mark the first lecture tour.. A biography of Messner.. Glacier… Read more about this item

London: Alpine Sports in association with Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982 F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £9.95 (a trifle rubbed); pp. iv (last blank), 180, with illustrations & maps. Limited edition of 1000 signed copies. A near fine copy. [Neate F10]. Produced as a special edition by Alpine Sports to mark Messner's… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982 F-/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper priced £9.95 net; pp. iv (last blank), 180, with illustrations & maps. A near fine copy. [Neate F10].. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F.

Victor Gollancz, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Victor Gollancz, 1982 SIGNED by author on half title. Dark blue cloth boards, with minor scuffing and slightly bumped. Jacket has a minor crease on top edge. By Author. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London England: Victor Gollancz, 1982. Hardback. First Edition. High Ambition. Slight foxing to edge. This biography was written after I reported the ascent of Everest by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler in spring of 1978 for The Times. It is based on extensive interviews with Messner and study of his diaries and records. Illustrated. 180 pp. (We carry a wide… Read more about this item