I Chose to Climb
BONINGTON, Christian
With a Foreword by Eric Shipton. [Fourth Impression].
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Gollancz, 1973
Stock code: 32955
Price: £28.00
8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
The author's first book, originally published in 1966. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90 (recording the first edition).