London, 1958, 1st edition. 150 pp, 25 b/w illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Both jacket and book have had damp stain to lower front. Book is near fine. Very Good overall.
British first ascent of Machapuchare in 1957. Account of the five-man Himlayan expedition of 1957 to climb Machapuchare, Nepalese for the Fish's Tail, a 22,958 peak in Nepal which the author described as the most difficult and spectacular mountain that he had been on.