Touching the Void
Author(s):
Simpson, Joe
Copyright: 1988, Harper & Row, NY
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.174, 16 color & 7 bw photos, map, map eps, blue/tan cloth
Condition: signed Simpson & Simon Yates, dj w/ some spotting to cover text, stain mark to rear cover, unclipped, else fine, cloth w/ stain mark to back board, else fine
An amazing story of survival on Siula Grande (20,848') in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. Winner of the 1988 Boardman/Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award and published in 13 languages. Selected by Outside Magazine as one of the best 25 adventure books of the past 100 years. Joe has signed on the title page and Simon on the dedication page. Copies of this book signed by both Simpson and Yates are quite scarce.