The Throne of the Gods: An Account of the First Swiss Expedition to the Himalaya
Author(s):
Heim, Arnold & August Gansser
Copyright: 1939, MacMillan, London
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xxv, 235, 220 bw & 2 fldg bw plates, 3 fldg panoramas, 18 text illus, color fldg map in pocket, teg, gold lettered green cloth
Condition: small stamp of (Louis) Baume on rep, cloth bumped bottom spine/back cover, else vg+, map w/ original folds, 2 small openings at folds, else fine
Beautifully illustrated account of the 1936 Swiss expedition to the area around Mt. Kailas in Tibet during which several 6000m peaks were climbed.
From the library of Louis Baume, author of Sivalaya, who once held the largest private library in Britain on mountaineering and polar exploration.
Neate H69, Yak H131.