1st edition. Very Good Condition. Green cloth with blue stamped illustration on cover, corners and edges rubbed but otherwise good. Gilt top edge. 2 private mountaineering bookplates but otherwise minimal markings, front color plate is loose but will tip in easily. All maps and fold-out illustrations intact and in fine condition. Comes with inserted 1959 correspondence regarding sale.

“The snow sloped gradually away to the west and on both sides of me while a furious cold wind and mist came rushing from the Semliki side. Having reached this point on the ridge I had therefore now accomplished all that I had set out to do. I had reached the snow and ice for the first time on one of the ridges of the Mountains of the Moon. I therefore danced a wild dance on my narrow resting place, set my aneroid for a differential reading and began to descend slowly again to the lower snows. “ p.307