Les Conquérants de l’Inutile: Des Alpes a l’Annapurna
Author(s):
Terray, Lionel
Copyright: 1961, Gallimard, Paris
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.572, 80 bw photos, 10 maps, wraps w/ French flaps
Condition: inscribed, cover rubbed, yellowed as are most copies, vg
Terray, a superb French mountaineer, climbed the Eiger, Annapurna, Fitzroy, Makalu, Jannu, Huntington, and many more. This is the original French edition of his biography which was translated into English as ‘Conquistadors of the Useless’. Signed first editions are uncommon.
Perret 4230.