The Last Blue Mountain
Author(s):
Barker, Ralph
Copyright: 1959, Chatto & Windus, London
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.212, photo frontis, 28 bw photos, 3 maps/diagrams, blue cloth
Condition: small stamp of (Louis) Baume on rep, dj w/ faint label marks on spine, small chip back, tape marks on inside, unclipped, vg, cloth w/ trace dampstain bottom edge, vg
Account of the tragic 1957 Haramosh (24,270') expedition to the Karakoram, prepared from expedition diaries and discussions with survivors. Nice copies are becoming hard to find.
From the library of Louis Baume, author of Sivalaya, who once held the largest private library in Britain on mountaineering and polar exploration.
Neate B42, Yak B48.