Annapurna Conquest Of The First 8000-Meter Peak [26,493 feet] -- 1952 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Editon SIGNED Lachenal & Herzog

Herzog, Maurice

Verlag: Johnathan Cape, London, 1952

Beschreibung

1952 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. SIGNED by Lachenal and by Herzog on a tipped-in autograph sheet. This paper which appears to be thin card used by autograph collectors is signed by both Lachenal and by Herzog on the same sheet. Any items signed by both Herzog and Lachenal are very uncommon. This autograph sheet is tipped-in just at the very edge of the gutter of the short-ttile page (could easily be extracted without damaging the book or the authograph sheet. The book is the true first UK printing and does not have "Book Society" printed on the title page. Copies with "Book Society" printed on the title page are not first printings but are frequently mistaken as such. Original blue cloth with silver lettering spine, top edge tinted blue. The book covers are clean with no rubbing, no fading, extremely light foxing on short-title page otherwise no foxing on any pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The original dust jacket has rubbing along spine creases, at spine ends and tips of corner, no tears, very tiny loss at extreme tips of corners, original printed price still present on front flap corner. The book measures 204mm tall x 134mm, and has 288 pages, 3 color & 24 b/w photo plates, 5 sketch maps, 1 colored folding map with b/w photo panorama on backside, 3 route sketches, glossary. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003224

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Annapurna Conquest Of The First 8000-Meter ...

Verlag: Johnathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1952

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition