Wiessner, Fritz

K2: Tragödien und Sieg am Zweithöchsten Berg der Erde [K2: Tragedy and Victory on the Second Highest Mountain on Earth]

1955 Rother, München, 1st edition, 8vo, pp.54, [18], 19 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps w/ dust jacket

Dust jacket with small paper delamination top right corner, else bright, fine, wraps w/ ex-libris stamp on title page, fine

Wiessner led the second American K2 expedition in 1939. The deaths of four members and lack of information concerning events led to much criticism. His only accounts in English were a brief article in the American Alpine Journal and then a later article in Appalachia which was extracted from this book. The copyright page states 1-3 edition which is the only way I have seen this in other copies. In German, no English translation. Quite scarce. Ref #24359

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