To the Top of the World -- the Adventures & Misadventures of the plaisted Polar Expedition March 28 May 4 1967 -- 1968 FIRST EDITION SIGNED by Ralph Plaisted

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1968 FIRST PRINTING of FIRST EDITION. SIGNED and inscribed by Ralf Plaisted on short-title page. Original black cloth with green metallic lettering spine, silver decorations front and spine. The book is in excellent condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no writing or marks on any pages other than Plaisted's inscription and former owner bookplate on FFEP, no foxng, tight binding. The original dust jacket has very minor wear at bottom of spine, no tears, no loss, no fading, clean, original printed price still present on front flap corner. Plaisted inscribed this book to Bill Hackett (this book being from Hackett's collection with his distinctive bookplate on the FFEP). Hackett, a WWII combat veteran of the 10th Mountain Division, was the first person to climb 5 of the Seven Summits, the first to climb both Denali and Logan, the first to climb the N Peak of Logan, a summiting member of Bradford Washburn's expedition that made the first ascent of the popular West Buttress route on Denali, leader of the 1960 USA K2 expedition, the first American to climb Aconcagua, and the first American to climb Mt Kenya. He also visited the North Pole and the South Pole. The book measures 215mm tall x 145mm, and has 193 + [1] pages, and 61 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. N° de ref. del artículo 003568

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