Paris, 1929, 4th ptg. 400 pp, 32 plates on glossy stock maps. TEG. In French. Typical French paperback, no separate DJ. Book is uncut and unopened. Never been read or even opened. Very Fine.
There is an interesting detail in the numbers in the above paragraph. This book, Everest 1921, had 4 printings in French! Most of these French translations of Britsh books had modest sales in France, as I am sure most translations into French do. The popularity of this Everest book may have told the French how big this 8000 meter peak thing may become, and perhaps the thinking of ''what shall we do'' started early. .
This was the first expedition to approach Everest. The discovery of the Rongbuk Glacier route to the North col and other northern approaches to Everest makes this one of the most important books about the mountain.
This is the account of the reconnaissance expedition to Mount Everest in 1921, led by the author, to establish the groundwork for a complete assault on the summit by the British Everest Expedition in 1922. It also provided the first photographs of the peak. George Mallory was the driving force in this as well as the 1922 and 1924 expeditions.
