{"product_id":"summits-and-secrets-first-edition-signed","title":"Summits and Secrets (First Edition, Signed)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(44, 92, 79);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first English edition of Kurt Diemberger’s climbing autobiography, in Hugh Merrick’s translation, signed by the author.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDiemberger’s book follows his climbing from his youth in Salzburg through the Alps and the Himalaya. Collomb, reviewing it in the Alpine Journal’s “Books of the Year” for 1972, called it a candid autobiography that goes beyond ordinary mountaineering reporting. He singled out Merrick’s translation, which renders Viennese and Salzburg slang in a north-country English dialect for reported speech, as bold and successful. Diemberger had by then made first ascents of two eight-thousanders, Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri, a distinction the review said no other living climber then shared. He was also with Hermann Buhl on Chogolisa when Buhl fell to his death through a cornice. The book’s account of that day is among its best-known passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst English edition, signed by Diemberger to the title page in black ink. \u003c\/strong\u003eOctavo. 344pp., with photographs and maps throughout text. Blue cloth, lettered in silver to the spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket, unclipped (£5.50). Near fine in very good dust jacket. The jacket is a touch worn and toned along the edges. The cloth boards show a touch of rubbing at the extremities. The book is generally clean and bright, with some very faint foxing along the edges. W. Williams signature to upper FFEP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNot currently on display in store. For viewing or more information, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000879\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kurt Diemberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68975713714419,"sku":"1110003023780","price":300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_6c4b808c-c2bb-443e-97f0-7f3c8951421e.png?v=1794369284","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/summits-and-secrets-first-edition-signed","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}