KARAKORAM AND WESTERN HIMALAYA 1909: 2 Volumes Filippo de Filippi 1912 1st UK edition Deluxe Half Vellum Binding. Near Fine (Filippi, Filippo de, Photos by Vittorio Sella)

	Item #: OP133B-832Bp KARAKORAM AND WESTERN HIMALAYA 1909: 2 Volumes Filippo de Filippi 1912 1st UK edition Deluxe Half Vellum Binding. Near Fine By Filippi, Filippo de, Photos by Vittorio Sella Price: $2900.00 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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Full Title: KARAKORAM AND WESTERN HIMALAYA 1909: AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION OF H.R.H. PRINCE LUIGI AMEDEO OF SAVOY, DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI This is a handsome example of a book that truly celebrates the Golden Age of Himalayan Mountaineering. For many collectors this is the crown jewel of books on the 8000 meter peaks. London, Constable, 1912, 1st UK edition. 2 volumes including a 2nd volume box with panoramas and maps. 469 pp. Preface by H.R.H. the Duke of the Abbruzzi. Translated by Caroline De Filippi & H.T. Porter. Text volume illustrated with 27 photogravure plates, including the frontispiece, with printed tissue guards; 5 double-page panoramas (2 with 2 images); numerous illustrations in the text; all from photographs by Vittorio Sella; plus 2 color plates of rocks. Box volume with 18 folding panoramas (on 17 sheets) from photographs by Vittorio Sella, and 3 folding maps; all laid in loose, as issued, along with a booklet listing the illustrations and giving an index to the work. Both 26.3x21 cm (10�x8�"), in vellum-backed green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, fresh front endpapers in text volume. Condition: Both volumes have good solid bindings with no evidence of repairs. The pages are clean with no stains or foxing. The Vellum binding is somewhat soiled, with faded lettering on atlas spine, exterior cloth is in Fine shape, not soiled or worn. The panoramas are loose in their case as issued; Condition is Near Fine. This book is heavy so extra postage will be requested for Media, Priority and International Mail. This legendary book is a detailed and profusely illustrated account of an important expedition to the Roof of the World, with spectacular views of the towering peaks and formidable glaciers. Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, The Duke of the Abruzzi made an attempt on K2 in May 1909, accompanied by guides and porters from Courmayeur, Italy on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. They reached 6250m on the SE or Abruzzi Ridge but were turned back by the difficulty of the route. The expedition explored, mapped and photographed the Baltoro Glacier area. This route has now become the standard route taken by most parties. There is no safe and easy way up K2. The route they pioneered, now called the Abruzzi Ridge, sees over 75% of all ascents. As of August 2023, an estimated 800 people have summited K2, with 96 deaths during attempted climbs. On Everest 305 people have died, but 6098 people have summited, and they have done it 10,656 times! K2 is much harder and deadlier, and rescue is more remote and unlikely. K2, the world's second highest mountain, is in the Karakoram, a great mountain system in Northeast Pakistan and Northern India near the Chinese border. It extends 300 miles southeastwardly from the Pamir Knot, and includes many of the world's highest peaks, and many of the world's longest mountain glaciers. Among the high peaks is K2 (8611 m), the second highest mountain in the world. Its glaciers include, among others, the 47-mile Siachen glacier, the 36-mile Baltoro glacier, and the 76-mile combination of Hispar and Biafo, which connect at a pass. The Baltoro glacier is especially significant, as ten of the world's thirty highest peaks cluster around it, including four 8,000 meter peaks, K2, Broad Peak and three peaks of the Gashberbrum massif, that rise very close together at the northeast head of the glacier. The Karakoram closely parallels the Himalaya, but its peaks differ from those of the Himalaya in their sharp, angular forms. Their icy peaks are often surrounded by incredible clusters of towers and spires. The Karakoram also receives less monsoon activity than the Nepal Himalaya. In fact, many of the valleys deep in the range are very dry. The peaks, however, receive heavy winter precipitation, and, with or without monsoon rains, travel is made difficult by the run-off of melting snow and ice in July and August, which otherwise are the best months for mountaineering. The range is largely uninhabited, so approach to the mountains requires expedition-style planning.
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