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Item #: OP37B-178
AVANT PREMIERES A L'EVEREST [FORERUNNERS TO EVEREST: THE STORY OF THE TWO SWISS EXPEDITIONS OF 1952] Gabriel Chevalley, Dittert, Lambert 1953 1st ed Softover Near Fine
By Chevalley, Gabriel, Rene Dittert and Raymond Lambert
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France, 1953, 1st edition. 310 pp, 36 photos, maps. In French.
Original (chipped) paper wrappers on softcover, else fine. Near Fine condition.
This expedition nearly reached the top a year before Hillary. This edition is much better illustrated than the English language editions.
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