London, 1964, 1st UK edition. 248 pp, 20 b/w photos. Brown cloth hardcover with dust jacket. No internal writing, no wear, no flaws of any kind. Dust jacket has no wear, chips or fading and is not price clipped. Very Fine condition. An excellent copy of one of the true classics of modern extreme mountaineering.
This copy is SIGNED by Walter Bonatti, and inscribed in Italian, and dated 1995.
Incredibly, I have Italian speakers in my family, and we got a quick translation of what Bonatti has written in Italian:
In Italian: ''Caro Alan Lamb, mi rallegra sapere che già da bambino lei seguiva il mio alpinismo. ordialmente, Walter Bonattifebbraio 1995…and in English:Dear Alan Lamb,I am glad to know that even as a child you followed my alpinism. Kind regards,Walter BonattiFebruary 1995''
Walter Bonatti was one of the greatest Alpine climbers of the 1950's, and this book is one of the classics of mountaineering. Bonatti was one of the world's most important mountaineers and made the first ascents of K2 and Gasherbrum 4.
