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The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine
Author(s): Holzel, Tom; Salkeld, Audrey
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Jonathan Cape |
| Publication Year: | 1986 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 008088 |
| Catalogue(s): | Travel, Exploration and Topography |
xii, 322pp, plus several sections of monochrome plate illustrations. Maps to endpapers. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering (boards gently rounded at corners and spine ends). Internally neat, clean and fresh. In its original dust jacket (small chip on upper edge, lightly bumped at edges). An examination of just what did happen to Mallory and Irvine when they disappeared, in 1924, just below the summit of Everest, triggered by the discovery by a Chinese climber of the body of an English climber, in old fashioned clothing, in 1980.
Keywords:
mountaineering
exploration
Everest
mountain climbing
