Mystery, Beauty, and Danger: The Literature of the Mountains and Mountain Climbing Published in English before 1946
Author(s):
Bates, Robert H.
Copyright: 2001, US
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.xviii, 229, frontis, 14 bw photos, 18 illus, marbled eps, green cloth
Condition: signed, dj unclipped, very fine, cloth very fine
Finally in print for all to enjoy, Bob Bates’ doctoral dissertation is a scholarly account of mountain writing and mountaineers from the 17th century to the early days on Everest. Signed copies are uncommon.