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Print this item?Naar den hoogsten Top der Aarde. De Beklimming van den Mount Everest. Voor Nederland bewerkt door Arthur Tervooren met 69 Illustraties en 1 Kaart.
Bury, C. K. Howard, C. C. Bruce en andere leden der Mount Everest Expeditie.
Amsterdam: n.d. [1925?], Scheltens & Giltay.
382 [2] pp, fold-out map. HC. small 4to.
Illustrations: B&W Photographs.
[Travel - Adventure - Mountaineering - Alpine - Mountain Climbing]
[Himalaya - Tibet]
[George Leigh Mallory - Andrew Irvine]
[Mount Everest]
Dutch edition, likely first edition, covering the Everest expedition from rist to third attempt to reach the top, with the tragic death of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine who disappeared without a trace for 75 years. Only in 1999 was Mallory's corpse found and identified. We may never know for certain whether Mallory and Irvine reached the top. Black cloth over board, gilt titles, t.e.r.
Faint foxing of prelims, ca. 5cm of cloth in fold of back panel torn but, binding firm.
ID: 930002
