Description: Author: Richard L Burdsall and Arthur B Emmons (With Contributions by Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young) Title: Men Against The Clouds The Conquest of Minya Konka Publication: First UK Edition 1st Impression Published By John Lane The Bodley Head London 1935..................... (See Pictures) Condition Of Book: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original mauve cloth boards with blue title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.The outer boards are in very good condition with just a little fading to the colour tone along spine.This copy has NO former owner's previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No loose leaves.Illustrated profusely with a Frontispiece and a further 46 photographic illustrations with eight maps and charts including maps as endpapers.There are further contributions from Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.One of the great saga's of 20th century climbing began in 1930 when a rather eccentric globetrotter Joseph Rock surveyed a remote stretch of mountains in Szechwan and declared the peak Minya Konka,the highest peak in the world with a height or altitude of of over 30,000 feet.This claim needed to be verified,and the mountain needed to be climbed so then the book is the extraordinary tale of a small team of four climbers who reached the summit in 1932.With additional contributions by climbers Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.8vo 272pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1935] Neate page 99 [134]
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Location: Lancashire
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Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Mountaineering Climbing China Tibet Minya Konka
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Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head
Modified Item: No
Weight: 700 Grams
Year Printed: 1935
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: China Tibet Minya Konka
Author: Richard Burdsall and Arthur B Emmons
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: Mountains Climbing China Tibet Minya Konka
