First Printing. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Thick 8vo (6 x 9.25"). 1056 pp. Illustrated with several B&W woodcuts. The volume is tight and square, with no ownership marks. The exterior of the page edges are lightly smudged, with some of the smudges on interior pages. The dust jacket is mildly chipped at the corners and at the head and heel of the spine. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. The first collection of mountaineering fiction, it includes 31 short stories, four novels, two novellas and a play. Includes an extensive Bibliography of Mountain Fiction.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall