La Conquista del K2 Seconda Cima del Mondo.
Book Description
                        First edition. 8vo. pp. xx, 230; text in Italian; folding frontis., two folding plates, one double-page plate of expedition team, three plates of maps inc. one folding, 64pp. of photo. illusts. at rear, illusts. to text; some age toning to margins as often, adhesion damage to frontis., and to several other plates, else good in the original cloth, in original d.-w. which is creased and frayed, with a few internal tape repairs. Signed to the half-title by summiters Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli, and by expedition members Pino Gallotti and Ugo Angelino.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            Yakushi D167a; Perret 1298. In 1954, an Italian expedition under Desio made a concerted attack on the mountain, which in spite of setbacks proved successful. The present book contains the leader's account of the expedition, and bears the signatures of the two men that reached the summit, as well as those of two other climbers, Pino Gallotti and Ugo Angelino.
                        
                                    
                        Author
                        Desio, Ardito.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1954
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Original cloth, in d.-w.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Milan: Garzanti
                    
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        See description
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        xx, 230
                    
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