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    Reference 3461 (1730)
    Category Mountaineering
    Author Smythe, Frank S.
    Title The Kangchenjunga Adventure
    Publishing Information London: Victor Gollancz,1930
    Description 1st Edition, 1st printing. 464 pages, illustrated over b/w 40 photo plates. Original covers in RARE dust jacket. Shefware, dust jacket tatty with splits, reapaired tears and pieces missing. Covers sunned where dust jacket missing and split to top of spine.Contents clean with only minor spotting to prelims and page edges, a nice copy. 1st edition of this personal account by the author of the attempt to climb Kangchenjunga (28,156 feet) and the successful ascent of the Jonsong Peak (24,344 feet) in 1930. Smythe was not only a superb mountaineer but was also an excellent writer, making his making his many books on mountaineering the best for reading. On the Kangchenjunga Expedition Smythe was one of three representing Great Britain of a party made up of British, Swiss, German, and Austrian climbers.
    Price £150.00
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