Cleveland and New York, 1957, 1st USA edition. 214 pp. Noyce's first mountaineering novel. Set on Everest in the Himalayas. A story portraying varying reactions of the climbers: to the mountain, their families, jobs and the Sherpas. DJ, Fine. RSM of John and Ruth Mendenhall, noted California climber. Inscribed to John but not signed, probably by Ruth. Neate X286.