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[MOUNTAINEERING] FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE. Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909. An account of the expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi.
New York: Dutton, 1912. First American edition, from the English sheets. Two volumes (including the Atlas), publisher's green cloth. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (27 x 21 cm)); 496 pp., mounted photogravure frontispiece and 24 mounted photogravures after Vittorio Sella, 5 photographic panoramas on 4 plates, 2 colored plates of minerals; the atlas with 18 plates on 17 sheets, all folding, plus three maps, and the plate list and index. A bright copy externally, a few spots of foxing within, but in all an exceptional copy. Name in each volume in ink.
An account of the explorations of the Baltoro region by the Duke of the Abruzzi, during which he made multiple attempts on K2. The Abruzzi Spur on that peak is named for him, and is the standard route today. He ascended that to about 6250 metres. He also climbed Chogolisa, but was driven back by bad weather about 150 metres from the summit. Vittorio Sella's photographs of the region from the expedition are among the finest of the period. Neate (first edition) 266.
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