About this title: As a child, Reinhold Messner's mother read him stories about George Mallory and fellow climber Andrew Irvine; their heroic and tragic attempt to scale the world's tallest peak in 1924 inspired his own unequalled exploits in the Himalayas. To Messner, Mallory was a climber of the purest order, and his final ascent a work of genius, beauty and unparalleled courage. His disappearance haunted and inspired the imagination. Though Mallory's remains were discovered in 1999, the question of whether or not he made it to the top of Everest rests unanswered. Moreover, believes Messner, though we have ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black remainder mark on the outer page edges. Brand new and unread first U.S. edition, very fresh and crisp! Gift Quality! 205 new and unread historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! "When George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared in June 1924 during what would have been the first ascent to the top of Mount Everest, they left begind a ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: ISBN 0-312-27075-5. Trade Paperback. First Printing. Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy One. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: ISBN 0-312-27075-5. Trade Paperback. First Printing. Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Two. read more
Edition: First U. S. Edition
Binding: Black Boards
Publisher: St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Very Good in Very Good Price Intact jacket. 8 1/2 X 5 3/4. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. Binding firm and straight, sewn signatures. Boards, spine, edges and corners very good. Illustrated with B/W photos, endpaper map. 205 pages, afterword, notes on sources, bibliography & indexed. No apparent wear. read more
Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: St. Martin's, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. The book condition is NF, very light bumping to spine ends. The dust jacket is NF, corresponding creasing. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: St Martin Press, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: Very Good. Very Good-Fine-over7? "-Near fine copy, with light rubbing on edges and slight curl to the covers. More detailed description, scanned digital images, or any other accessible information is available on request and usually supplied within 24 hours. read more
Edition: First US
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martins Press, New York
Date Published: 2001
Description: F+/F+. 8vo. original black textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xiv (last blank), 206 (last blank), with illustrations. A very fine copy. read more
Edition: First US
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St Martins Press, New York
Date Published: 2001
Description: F+/F+. 8vo. original black textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xiv (last blank), 206 (last blank), with illustrations. A very fine copy. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 1901
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0312268068. Brand new. May have remainder mark.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 256 pp; The author has had a lifelong obsession with George Mallory's three attempts to, in his hero's own words, "catch the summit by surprise" in 1921, 1922 and on the 1924 quest from which he never returned. In this homage, Messner draws from Mallory's own journal entries to relive those three expeditions, fleshing them out for the reader with his own heroic experiences in climbing Everest. Avid ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Asnew, b/w illustrations. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2002-03-27
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2001-04
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312270759ISBN:0312270755
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Legendary Italian climber Messner (My Quest for the Yeti, LJ 5/1/00), whose accomplishments include being the first to climb Mount Everest without bottled oxygen and the first to climb all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000 meters, attempts to trace what he considers the loss of the spirit of amateur adventure in mountaineering. The author quotes Mallory and his contemporaries and reconstructs Mallory's succession of expeditions to Everest from 1922 to 1924 ... read more
Description: Good. 0312270755 A used but readable copy with markings and general wear. Paperback. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2001
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780312268060ISBN:0312268068
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1st U.S. HC, 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth, gold lettering on spine. Translated from the German by Tim Carruthers. 205pp. Photographs, in b/w. Unread. Dustjacket in Demco cover. read more
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