STARLIGHT AND STORM: THE ASCENT OF SIX GREAT NORTH FACES OF THE ALPS WITH A SECTION ON THE TECHNIQUE OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBING; Translated by Wilfrid Noyce and Sir John Hunt; Foreward by Sir John Hunt by Rebuffat, Gaston - 1957

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1957. Stated First Edition (First English Edition). Hardcover. Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 189. Illustrated with thriry-two black and white photograpohs and one map. Black cloth boards with publisher's emblem stamped in blind to front; silver title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities and sunning to spine. Previous owner's bookplate, and some smudges, to front free endpaper. Dustjacket is encased in a sealed mylar sleeve; Dustjacket flaps adhered to to pastedown pages, with dark tape, leaving tape ghosts to jacket and endpapers. Gaston Rébuffat (1921-1985) is one of the most important French mountain climbers of the twentieth century. He became an alpine guide in 1942 and accomplished several first ascensions of the Mont Blanc range, often with Lionel Terray, but also spent time with many of the other great mountain climbers of that generation. His distinctive and elegant garments became famous in the history of mountain climbing and his memory lives on thanks to his numerous written works. (from Mountain Museums)
Known for his lyrical writing and his ability to convey not only the dangers of mountaineering but the pure exaltation of the climb, Rébuffat authored several books, many of which he published in his own publishing house. His most famous written work is Etoiles et Tempêtes (Starlight and Storm), first published in French in 1954.