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FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE. La Spedizione nel Karakoram e nell'Himalaia Occidentale 1909. Plates and text illustrations after photographs by Vittorio Sella. xvii, [1], 471, [1]; [4], 110, [6] pages. 4to, 258x195 mm, original 1/4 vellum, spine darkened and discolored; contents clean. Armorial bookplate of Joan Redfern. Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1912
first edition of the narrative of a mountaineering expedition intended to test human climbing limits, which included an unsuccessful attempt on K2; without the portfolio of panoramas and maps. "Classic work on the Baltoro region; a most accurate and well illustrated reference source"--Neate F26 note. Yakushi F53a.
