Maurice Herzog. First American edition, fifth printing (stated). Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket with original price $5.00 on inside flap, in a mylar protective wrapper. Some chipping on top/bottom of spine. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1953. Other than former owner signature and sticker on flyleaf, no writing or markings in the book, 314 pp. Includes a beautiful, well preserved map, of Annapurna attached in back of book, with 3 color-gravures, 24 plates, and 6 text maps. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. With an introduction by Eric Shipton.
Maurice Herzog was the leader of the French Himalayan Expedition. The author writes about the first climb of an 8000 meter (26,493 ft.) mountain in the Himalaya, specifically the climb of Annapurna.
