Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu: Tom I Wprowadzenie [The Great Encyclopedia of Mountains and Mountaineering: Vol I Introduction]
Author(s):
Kiełkowski, Jan, Małgorzaty Kiełkowski, et al.
Copyright: 2003, Stapis, Katowice
Specifications: 1st, thick 8vo, pp.xiii, 535, 232 color & 396 bw photos, 240 illus, 4 maps, photo eps, blue cloth
Condition: dj & cloth bumped from shipping, else new
Kielkowski has spent 20 years overseeing a tour-de-force, seven volume encyclopedia devoted to the mountains of the world. This introductory volume consists of 2400 entries containing general information about the mountains in the fields of geology, plants, animals, geographic and topographic terminology, history, and much, much more. This monumental work is chock-full of illustrations. The remaining six volumes cover Asia, Europe, America, Africa/Antarctica/Australia/Oceana, Mountain People, and a Supplement. In Polish, no English translation.