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KRAKAUER, JON Into Thin Air
New York, Villard/Random House. 1997, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Randy Rackliff. Publishers original grey boards with gilt lettering to white spine, light brown staining to white spine, otherwise fine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Coloured map endpapers, no inscriptions. xii-xx 4pp b/w photographs, 293pp profusely illustrated with chapter page woodcuts by Randy Rackliff, deckle edge pages, clean and bright in firm binding. This is the True First Edition, with numbering sequence starting at 1. This book is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller 'Into the Wild'. On assignment for 'Outside' magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. A rangy, thirty five year old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplement oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fisher survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996. Here is an eye witness account of what happened on the roof of the world. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine.
Offered for AUD 100.00 = appr. US$ 91.60 by: Eccleston Books & Curios - Book number: 003905
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