Author: Heinrich Harrer; Hugh Merrick [translator]
Title: The White Spider the Story of the North Face of the Eiger
Description: London , Granada , 1979 . Cloth. An impressive mountaineering book by Heinrich Harrer, with illustrations. A third impression, in English, translated from the original German by Hugh Merrick. This work provides an insight into rock climbing and mountaineering, telling the story of Eigerwand and the steep and difficult north face of the Eiger.Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman and geographer who was a member of the four man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North face of the Eiger. With forty one pages of illustrations, including a folding plate.Collated, complete. In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely with a mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some creasing to the extremities and a small 5mm closed tear to the head of the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: The White Spider The Story of the North Face of the Eiger Heinrich Harrer polar exploration Heinrich Harrer Not Stated


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