The Last Blue Mountain

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Published by Chatto & Windus, 1959, 1st Edition, D/w (some wear at bottom edge), V.G.

Inscribed and Signed by Author: “Joe, I mentioned this book to you last week – and was thankful to find I still had two or three copies left.  It has been out of print for a very long time.  Did publishers really publish books illustrated like this at 21/-?  Ralph  20.10.69”

The tragic story of the Oxford University Expedition to Haramosh in the Karakoram in 1957 – following a major avalanche fall, attempted rescue, 3 days and nights without food or water, only 3 of the original 5 members survived.  Foreword by John Hunt.