2 volumes, 4to. With 4 folding maps, 5 folding panoramas, numerous photogravure plates. Original printed wrappers (neatly rebacked). Provenance: Norman Dyhrenfurth (1918-2017) mountaineer and filmmaker, son of Gnter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, mountaineer and Himalayan explorer (bookplate). FIRST TRADE EDITION, with superb photographs by Massimo Terzano, recounting the 1929 Italian expedition to the Karakoram led by the Duke di Spoleto. One party explored and mapped the headwaters of the Baltoro, and the other crossed the East Mustagh pass and the glaciers on the north side of K2 to follow the course of the Saksgam River. Perret 1299.