“THEN AND THERE I BECAME WHAT I AM TODAY”: FREE SPIRIT, SIGNED BY MESSNER
MESSNER, Reinhold. Free Spirit. A Climber’s Life. Seattle: The Mountaineers, (1991). Octavo, original black cloth, photographic endpapers, original dust jacket.
First American edition of Messner’s first comprehensive memoir, signed by him on the half title.
Messner’s first comprehensive climbing autobiography chronicles his early Dolomite ascents through his legendary record-setting career. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs (several full-page) and 12 color photographic plates. Originally published in German in 1989.
Dust jacket lightly rubbed. An about-fine signed copy.