* Rare * Richard Burdsall & A.B. Emmons Men Against The Clouds 1st UK Edn 1935

Author: Richard L Burdsall and Arthur B Emmons  (With Contributions by Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young)     

Title: Men Against The Clouds The Conquest of Minya Konka 

Publication:  First UK Edition 1st Impression Published By John Lane The Bodley Head London 1935………………… (See Pictures) 

Condition Of Book: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original mauve cloth boards with blue title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.The outer boards are in very good condition with just a little fading to the colour tone along spine.This copy has NO former owner’s previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No loose leaves.Illustrated profusely with a Frontispiece and a further 46 photographic illustrations with eight maps and charts including maps as endpapers.There are further contributions from Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.One of the great saga’s of 20th century climbing began in 1930 when a rather eccentric globetrotter Joseph Rock surveyed a remote stretch of mountains in Szechwan and declared the peak Minya Konka,the highest peak in the world with a height or altitude of of over 30,000 feet.This claim needed to be verified,and the mountain needed to be climbed so then the book is the extraordinary tale of a small team of four climbers who reached the summit in 1932.With additional contributions by climbers Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.8vo 272pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1935] Neate page 99 [134]