SUMMITS AND SECRETS, by Kurt Diemberger, Signed, 1971
Summits and Secrets. Diemberger, Kurt. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971. Translated by Hugh Merrick. [First Edition]. Hardcover, 344 pages. Many black and white photographic illustrations and maps. Signed by Diemberger on the title page. Diemberger (b.1932) is an Austrian mountaineer; famous for having made two first ascents on 8000 ft-ers -- Dhaulagiri and Broad Peak. The book is a collection of accounts of his early mountaineering in the Alps and Himalayas, including both the above-mentioned peaks. Hardcover in original dust jacket. Dust jacket has been mended internally with tape, small loss of paper, chipping at edges. Light stain top of front board. Boards sunned at the edges, binding tight. In a protective mylar dust jacket.