Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray
1963. English translation. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Newspaper cuttings affixed at rear. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.