Graeme Dingle Wall of Shadows Jannu 1976 1st Ed HC DJ Edmund Hillary NZ

Key Details:

Title: Wall of Shadows: Jannu – The New Zealand Adventure

Author: Graeme Dingle

Foreword: Sir Edmund Hillary

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland / London / Sydney

Year of Publication: 1976

Edition: First Edition / First Printing

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket (protected in removable wrap)

Language: English

Genre: Mountaineering / Exploration / Adventure / New Zealand

ISBN: 0 340 21450 3

Mini Story or Hook:

Wall of Shadows recounts the New Zealand mountaineering expedition to Jannu, one of the Himalayas’ most formidable peaks. Written by celebrated New Zealand adventurer and mountaineer Graeme Dingle, it captures the challenge, danger and camaraderie of high-altitude climbing during a remarkable era of Himalayan exploration.

With a foreword by legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, this 1976 first edition is an appealing addition to a collection of mountaineering, Himalayan exploration or New Zealand adventure literature.

Condition:

Condition: Very Good – see detailed notes below.

This is a vintage hardcover in collectible condition:

Dust jacket presents very well with light age and shelf wear and is now housed in a removable protective sleeve.

Hardcover boards appear clean and well preserved.

Pages are clean and bright for age.

Binding appears firm and sound.

Copyright page states “First printed 1976”, confirming the first printing.

A particularly attractive copy retaining its original illustrated dust jacket.

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