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The White Spider
by Heinrich Harrer
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Condition
- As New
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About This Item
Atop the North Face lies the gigantic "White Spider," a formidable formation of perpetual ice and snow. It is the configuration, not Eiger's height, that makes the mountain such an appalling challenge. "From that perpetual, fearfully steep field of frozen snow nothing but ice emerges to fill gullies, cracks, and crevices," writes Harrer, who, with three companions in 1938, became the first to climb the Eiger's North Face, from the base to the top. For this edition Harrer chose six of his personal photographs and revised his original 1960 version.
Six photogravures and Epilogue by Heinrich Harrer.
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.
Each book signed by Heinrich Harrer.
Inset into the front cover, minute granules, scraped from the icy rock surface of the Eiger, form the profile of the mountain; the spine a gray Nigerian goatskin. The book is set into a hinged black linen covered box lined with ultrasuede. The author's photographs have been made into photogravures and printed on mould made paper from Arches in Epinal, France.
One Volume, 9" x 13".
As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).
Six photogravures and Epilogue by Heinrich Harrer.
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.
Each book signed by Heinrich Harrer.
Inset into the front cover, minute granules, scraped from the icy rock surface of the Eiger, form the profile of the mountain; the spine a gray Nigerian goatskin. The book is set into a hinged black linen covered box lined with ultrasuede. The author's photographs have been made into photogravures and printed on mould made paper from Arches in Epinal, France.
One Volume, 9" x 13".
As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).
Synopsis
The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.
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- The Limited Editions Club
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- Title
- The White Spider
- Author
- Heinrich Harrer
- Illustrator
- Heinrich Harrer
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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