$NZ75 THE ASCENT OF MOUNT STALIN, Michael Romm, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1933, 1st Uk edn., 270 page hardback

THE ASCENT OF MOUNT STALIN, Michael Romm, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1933, 1st Uk edn., 270 page hardback, no jacket, front and back boards both water-damaged? binding and spine solid, fold-out map, B&W plates, previous owner's stamp fep., An account of the Russian scientific expedition of 1933 which was the first to ascend this 7,495m summit, the highest in the former USSR and now the highest in Tajikistan. The mountain was originally called Garmo Peak, became Mount Stalin in about 1932, Peak Communism in about 1962 and is now called Ismoili Somoni. - scarce $NZ75 (Bill King Collection)

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THE ASCENT OF MOUNT STALIN, Michael Romm, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1933, 1st Uk edn., 270 page hardback, no jacket, front and back boards both water-damaged? binding and spine solid, fold-out map, B&W plates, previous owner's stamp fep., An account of the Russian scientific expedition of 1933 which was the first to ascend this 7,495m summit, the highest in the former USSR and now the highest in Tajikistan. The mountain was originally called Garmo Peak, became Mount Stalin in about 1932, Peak Communism in about 1962 and is now called Ismoili Somoni. - scarce $NZ75 (Bill King Collection)