The Big Walls by Reinhold Messner (1978)

A beautiful big book to match the big walls. This book describes some of the largest alpine faces in the world - four from the Alps, and three from "the world" abroad. Messner describes the history and the scale of these mountains, as well as his personal experiences climbing such big routes.

143 pages, illustrated with a mixture of color and b&w photographs.

The seven faces discussed in this book are: 

• The North Face of Monte Agner
• The North Face of the Eiger
• The North Face of the Matterhorn
• The Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses
• The South Face of Aconcagua
• The Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat
• The South Face of Dhalaguiri