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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, Published date: 1944. Hardcover; 225 pp plus 96 unnumbered pages of plates; 22 cm. 1945 reprint. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates; includes sketch map of main features around Mont Blanc.
In good condition. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; light rubbing and minor surface marks to cloth; spine ends lightly worn. Binding sound. Copyright page has a line inked out in black. Otherwise pages are lightly toned but unmarked. No dust jacket. Classic mid twentieth century mountaineering narrative recounting Thomas Graham Browns systematic climbing of the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc, presented as a unified project developed over multiple seasons. The text combines personal narrative, technical observation, and historical context, with appendices detailing the climbing history and topography of the Brenva Face, supported by extensive photographic documentation of routes, ridges, ice fields, and climbers in action. Contents include: Preface; The Threshold; Val Veni: 1926; Images; The Origin of the Climbs; The Gate; Route de la Sentinelle; The Brenva Face; The Triptych; Quest; Route Major; Strength; Denial; Dawn; The Old Brenva Route; The Pear Buttress; Per Jugum ad Astra; The Oread; Col Major; The Vineyard; Interlude; The Diver; Via della Pera; Morning and Night; Val Veni: 1933; Doubting Castle; Appendix A: The Climbing History of the Brenva Face; Appendix B: The Topography of the Brenva Face; Index; Sketch Map of Main Features Around Mont Blanc.Contents include: Preface; The Threshold; Val Veni: 1926; Images; The Origin of the Climbs; The Gate; Route de la Sentinelle; The Brenva Face; The Triptych; Quest; Route Major; Strength; Denial; Dawn; The Old Brenva Route; The Pear Buttress; Per Jugum ad Astra; The Oread; Col Major; The Vineyard; Interlude; The Diver; Via della Pera; Morning and Night; Val Veni: 1933; Doubting Castle; Appendix A: The Climbing History of the Brenva Face; Appendix B: The Topography of the Brenva Face; Index; Sketch Map of Main Features Around Mont Blanc.