Borders Of The Impossible. From The Alps To Annapurna -- 1964 First Edition Terray, Lionel Andes,Mountaineering,Mountains Karakoram Himalaya

1964 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, owner's name penned to top of blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, slight tanning to outside edges of pages, no foxing, solid binding. From the collection of Lute Jerstad with his signature in pen on the top of the FFEP. Loosely inserted are 4 slips of paper with penned notes written by Jerstad about the book. These notes have the numbers of the pages to which they refer written in pencil on them. Jerstad was the 12th or 13th person (roped with Barry Bishop) to climb to the summit of Mt Everest (assuming that neither Mallory or Irvine reached the top), being a summiting member of the 1963 American Everest Expedition, and the first to film on the top of Everest. He was also a university professor of Asian drama with specialization on the mountain cultures of Nepal, Tibet, India and Pakistan. He authored the book, Mani Rimdu, a treatise on the Sherpa dance drama celebrated annually in the Khumbu region near Mount Everest. He later created a trekking and outdoor adventure service, Lute Jerstad Adventure, offering guided trips in N America, the Himalaya, India and surrounding countries.The book measures 215mm tall x 138mm, and has 350 pages, 47 b/w photos, 10 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.