Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
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- Hardcover
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Seller: Top of the World Books, LLC, Hinesburg, VT, U.S.A.Top of the World Books, LLC
AbeBooks seller since March 15, 2013
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 625.00
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1939 Dodd, Mead, NY, 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, fldg chart, appendices, map eps, red cloth; signed Bates & Charles Houston, cloth spine darkened, internally tight, fine. ---------- This is the classic story of the 1938 First American Karakoram Expedition to K2. This small team made a tremendous attempt on the mountain and nearly reached the summit, paving the way for subsequent expeditions. An important and scarce work in the original edition. Neate B58. ---------- Note: Wavy lines showing in image on red cloth are an artifact of scanning reflection and not actually present.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
- Author
- Bates, Robert H., et. al.
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- signed by author
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Mountaineering
Top of the World Books, LLC
Hinesburg, VT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 15, 2013
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