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Annapurna : the first conquest of an 8000-metre peak

Herzog, Maurice, 1919-20122011
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This is the enthralling account, by the leader of the 1952 French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna which was, at that time and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed.
Main title:
Annapurna : the first conquest of an 8000-metre peak / Maurice Herzog ; translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith.
Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by Joe Simpson.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2011.
Collation:
xxi, 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. of this translation originally published: London: Pimlico, 1997.
ISBN:
9780099541462 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.522
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
97706
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