Joe Simpson — Touching the Void

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Simpson's incredible survival story after a mountaineering injury, illustrated, and with the original dust wrapper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, in lovely condition, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout, this work features illustrated endpapers, four double-sided colour plates and two double-sided monochrome plates. Collated, complete. The autobiographical work by British mountaineer, author and motivational speaker, Joe Simpson. Within, Simpson recounts his near death experience navigating the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes with climbing partner Simon Yates, who presumed Simpson dead after a fall into a crevasse. Simpson's ordeal, as narrated in Touching the Void has since been adapted into a 2018 stage play, and a 2003 documentary. Bound in original black cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Mild marks to boards. Mild marks to endpapers. Dust wrapper very smart. Mild bumping to extremities. Slight sunning to dust wrapper spine. The odd minor mark to dust wrapper reverse. Mild crease to dust wrapper spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.