Mount Everest, Formation, Population and Exploration of the Everst Region by Hagen, Toni, Gunther-Oskar Dyhrenfurth, Christoph Von furer-Haimendorf and Erwin Schneider - 1963

London: Oxford University Ress, 1963. First Edition. Octavo. First translation in English by E. Noel Bowman. 195pp. illustrated with black and white photographic images, drawings and charts. Large folding map in rear pocket. This work presents a detailed picture of the region which has haunted man's imagination since the fact became known that 'Peak 15" of the Himalayas was in fact the highest point on the surface of the earth. and why men or women decide to climb. Bound in gray cloth spine lettering gilt over dark blue cloth, endpapers are maps. A fine sharp cornered copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket lettered in red, some staining to the mountain area of front panel of jacket, light wear to spine ends, just a bit of toning to rear panel and tiny previous owner's name...the Suttons in ink. A very good copy.