xvi, 241 pp. With 33 gravure plates from photographs; 1 double-page lithographed plate of microscopic organisms; 4 folding panoramas; 2 folding color maps; numerous halftones from photographs in the text. 27x18 cm (10¾x7¼"), original gilt-lettered green cloth, rebacked, top edge gilt. First Edition in English. Conquest of the 18,000-foot peak by the great Italian Alpinist. Most of the photographic illustrations were by the great mountain photographer, Vittoria Sella. Most copies of this edition, if not rebound or rebacked (as this one), are falling apart, due to the transient nature of the gutta percha used in the original binding. Wickersham 6361.
xvi, 241 pp. With 33 gravure plates from photographs; 1 double-page lithographed plate of microscopic organisms; 4 folding panoramas; 2 folding color maps; numerous halftones from photographs in the text. 27x18 cm (10¾x7¼"), original gilt-lettered green cloth, rebacked, top edge gilt. First Edition in English. Conquest of the 18,000-foot peak by the great Italian Alpinist. Most of the photographic illustrations were by the great mountain photographer, Vittoria Sella. Most copies of this edition, if not rebound or rebacked (as this one), are falling apart, due to the transient nature of the gutta percha used in the original binding. Wickersham 6361.
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