The Lonely Victory by Peter Habeler (1979)

Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner together made the first ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. This was a visionary ascent for Himalayan alpinism - it proved that the style could be improved from siege-style expeditions to the fast and light tactics favored in the Alps.

This book provides Habeler's account of the climb. Messner wrote his own book, "Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate".

Hardcover, first US edition, first printing. In translation from the original German. 224 pages with dust jacket in excellent condition.