K2: Tragödien und Sieg am Zweithöchsten Berg der Erde [K2: Tragedy and Victory on the Second Highest Mountain on Earth]
Author(s):
Wiessner, Fritz
Copyright: 1955, Rother, München
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.54, [18], 19 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps w/ dj
Condition: dj w/ small rub spot top right edge, unclipped, else fine, wraps tight, fine
Wiessner led the second American K2 expedition in 1939. The deaths of four members and lack of information concerning events led to much criticism. His only accounts in English were a brief article in the AAJ and then a later article in Appalachia which was extracted from this book. The copyright page states 1-3 edition which is the only way I have seen this in other copies. In German, no English translation. Quite scarce.