ANNAPURNA. First Conquest of an 800-meter Peak [26,493 feet] by Maurice Herzog. Leader of the French Himalayan Expedition. Signed by Maurice Herzog.
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition / Very good condition. Item #020583
316 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear, and minor sunning to the top edge, and a small scuff to the spine. The price-clipped dustjacket, added from a fifth printing, has several small tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on the half title page with no further inscription. Illustrated by three color gravures, seven maps and a large fold-out panorama, and twenty-four monochrome gravures. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, 1st printing with a 5th printing dustjacket.
Price: $675.00
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