The White Spider: The History of the Eiger's North Face
by HARRER, HEINRICH & MERRICK, HUGH (Trans)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis 1959. FIRST EDITION, LACKSD/W, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to board edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & scribbled out in black marker to ffep)
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- Title
- The White Spider: The History of the Eiger's North Face
- Author
- HARRER, HEINRICH & MERRICK, HUGH (Trans)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis 1959
- Keywords
- first edition climbing exploration Eiger mountaineering photos travel
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