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ECKENSTEIN, OSCAR JOHANNES LUDWIG. The Karakorams and Kashmir. An Account of a Journey. xvi, 253, [2] pages, including initial ad leaf, half-title, and final leaf with printer's imprint. 8vo, 193x127 mm, original cloth with pictorial label on front cover, spine slightly faded, cover corners bumped; free endpapers browned, contents otherwise clean. Bookplate of Vernon Howard. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896
first edition. A climbing companion of Aleister Crowley in Mexico and the Himalayas, "Eckenstein was both a pioneer in the development of the athletic potential of the human body on rock, and an innovator in the technology of mountaineering" (ODNB). Neate E07; Yakushi (1994) E10.
