Where Four Worlds Meet: Hindu Kush 1959
Maraini, Fosco; translated From The Italian by Peter Green
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
Quantity: 1From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
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Some foxing. Previous owner's inscription. Dust-jacket with rubbing and creasing, small chips and tears to margins. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; First edition in English. xii, 290 pages + 163 illustrations (some colour) + 2 folding colour maps + errata slip (facing page 274). Maps on endpapers. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. "The story of the actual climb is preceded by a vivid account of the centuries-old history, secular and religious, which has gone into the making of the peoples of the area. " Contents: Notes on the transcription of Proper Names; Preface; Karachi; Interlude on Islam; Some Talk of Alexander; The Road from Peshawar; Gujur and Chitral; From Chitral to Base Camp; The Advance from Base Camp; The Final Assault; On the Trail of Dionysus in Asia: An Epilogue on the Kailash Kafirs; Essential data on the Expedition; A Note on the British Expedition, Saraghar, 1958; Some Books and Articles on the Hindu Kush; Index. "In 1959, Fosco Maraini, widely travelled in Asia and an experienced mountaineer, was chosen by the Club Alpino Italiano to led an expedition whose object was to scale 24, 000-foot Mount Saraghrar [.]" - from dust-jacket blurb. Seller Inventory # 002487
Bibliographic Details
Title: Where Four Worlds Meet: Hindu Kush 1959
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Publication Date: 1964
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
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