£ 90
Buhl, Hermann.
NANGA PARBAT PILGRIMAGE.
Hodder & Stoughton.
1956
First edition.
Buhl was an Austrian climber who completed many of the hardest Alpine climbs. Buhl’s solo ascent of Nanga Parbat ranks as one of the most outstanding feats in climbing history. He fell to his death on Chogolisa while descending in mist with Kurt Diemberger.
In original blue cloth. No inscriptions. 360pp with 19 plates & 3 maps. General cloth fading and wear to page ends. Rubbing to lower cloth edges. Quite tight and square but slight forward lean on text block. Good+ in very good unclipped dustwrapper (d/w), which has light wear to d/w extremities.
     
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