TUCKER, JOHN — Kanchenjunga

London: Elek Books, 1955 (1st ed.); 224pp., 22.5cm, bl-wh photo's, maps, index, linen cloth hardback, no dust jacket. Slightly foxed page edges and spine, otherwise v. good copy. Foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt. Rare in NL. ¶ l Between nepal and Sikkim the Himalayan mountain of Kanchenjunga is situated. In the wake of the Mount Everest climbing succes in May 1953, the other giants of the Himalayan massif were waiting to be climbed. Kanchenjunga is one of them.