Complete with fold-out map in rear pocket. 31 plates and 24 figures. Front endpapers have Map of the Khumbu Region. Original gray cloth with bright gold gilt printing against a blue box on the spine. A detailed picture of the Everest region including Hagen's description of the evolution of the mountain, Dyhrenfuth's accounts of the attempts and first successful conquest of Everest, Furer-Haimendorf's discussion of the life, habits, homes and country of the Sherpas and Schneider's map considered a cartographical event when first published.
