Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak (26,493 feet)
by: Herzog, Maurice

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 5th pr., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. 208 pages, translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith; cartographic & photographic documentation by Marcel Ichac; introduction by Eric Shipton; color, pictorial endpapers; author was leader of the French expedition, first to climb the 8,000 meter Himalayan peak; triumphant ascent but a series of mishaps during descent nearly plunges the expedition into disaster; a stunning account. Clean copy.