First edition. 8vo. pp. 224; numerous photo. illusts., sketch maps; very good in the original cloth, d.-w., slightly creased. Michael Ward’s own copy with his bookplate, and a note “Kongur 1980-81. Joe Tasker & Peter Boardman were killed on Everest in 1982 - just after the book was published and therefore could not sign it”. Below this are the signatures of the other expedition members: Michael Ward, Chris Bonington, Jim Curran, Al Rouse, Charles Clarke, Edward Williams, Jim Milledge, and David Wilson.