Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, Biography, Mountaineering) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Editore: Elek Books Ltd, London, 1954
Da: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of colourful jacket and spine, corners and folds rubbed with tiny loss, spine slightly browned, some spotting and time staining to back jacket, not price clipped (21s), small gift inscription to top ffep, some faint spotting to page block, light lean, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 254pp, illustrated. An account of the German / Austrian attempt to climb Nanga Parbat at the western end of the Himalayas. Karl Maria Herrligkoffer (1916-91), was a German doctor and mopuntaineer. Between 1953 and 1986, Herrligkoffer organized and led numerous German and Austrian expeditions toclimb the highest peaks in the Himalayas and Karakoram. Herrligkoffer's leadship style was considered authoritarian and confrontational. Herrligkoffer's son Klaus found the portrayal of his father's personality in Joseph Vilsmaier's feature film 'Nanga Parbat' in 2010 to be an 'insult and denigration', which is why he publicly demanded an apology from the production company.