The Alps Wilfrid Noyce - 1961 (230 photos & 6 maps)
“The Alps" by Wilfrid Noyce, with descriptive essays by Karl Lukan. It was published by Thames and Hudson in London. The first UK edition of the book was published in 1961, and it was originally published in German in 1959.
The volume contains an introductory essay and notes by Wilfrid Noyce, which accompany 230 black-and-white photographs. The descriptive essays that link the photographs were written by Karl Lukan.
Wilfrid Noyce (1917-1962) was an English mountaineer and author who was part of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, which successfully made the first ascent of the mountain. Karl Lukan (1923-2014) was an Austrian mountaineer, archaeologist, and author.