Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket (lightly soiled). A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT price clipped ($5.95). "Biography of this outstanding climber (1935- 66) who was killed during the first ascent of the Eigerwand." -- Neate U04. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. Original beige cloth, gilt-stamped. Glossary of Mountaineering Terms. From the dust jacket: "Harlin was perhaps the greatest American mountaineer of his generation. Climbing was his life - and his death, in 1966; but his thirty years were like a brilliant kaleidoscope of places and images and he himself was a man of many faces. STRAIGHT UP is his biography, telling how he came to be what he was, and how he lived, triumphed, and fell. It is a frank, sometimes frankly critical look at a complex and complicated man." Keywords: Mountains, Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, John Harlin Biography. . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/VG jacket (light soil). 8vo. 288pp + 32 pages of photos.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013976
Title: Straight Up, The Life and Death of John Harlin
Author: Ullman, James Ramsey
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine condition
Jacket Condition: VG jacket (light soil)
Edition: First Edition (so stated)
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Mountains, Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, John Harlin Biography.
Bookseller catalogs: Mountain Climbing / Mountaineering / Rock Climbing;
Size: 8vo. 288pp + 32 pages of photos

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