After Everest: The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary
Author(s):
Somervell, T. Howard
Copyright: 1936, Hodder & Stoughton, London
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 339, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 21 bw illus, fldg map, appendix, grey cloth
Condition: cloth spine lightly faded, bookplate of Bill Hackett, near fine
Somervell was the doctor on the 1922 and 1924 British Everest expeditions, climbed in the Kangchenjunga region after leaving Everest in 1922 and again in 1928, attempted to reach Nanda Devi in 1926 (eight years before Shipton and Tilman’s exploration), and was president of the Alpine Club. Neate S142, SB S47, Yak S306.