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Publicado por London: Faber and Faber, 1955, London, 1955
Librería: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Nueva Zelanda
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Hardcover. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: G. Photos, Maps, Sketches Ilustrador. 1st. 1st. 21.5cm By 16cm. An incredible mountaineering story of two young Dutchman and a French companion who set out in 1952 to be the first to reach the Andes summit of Huantsan, 21,000 feet high. On arrival in Peru they found another team with the same objective was already in the field. They pushed on summounting innumerable organisational and other difficulties before tackling the peak. They got there first, but only after surviving blizzards, near tragedy, frostbite and extreme winds. An amazing adventure story of guts, determination and endurance, told without pretention and with humour. 203 pages, 32 b/w photos, 9 maps/sketches. Blue hard covers VG with white spine light titles, wear spine extremities, spine lightly sunned. FEPeps facing pastedowns browned, text block otherwise excellent. Pictorial DJ, 4cm piece missing spine base, 2cm spine top, tape repaired tear lower front corner, few small tears, creases, chips. Forward by Sir Edmund Hillary.