The Ascent of Everest
by Hunt, John [Signed by the First Ascent Team and Other Notable mountaineers]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- VG+/VG
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, edges a little rubbed, a few spots, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced 25/- net (a little rubbed and frayed); pp. xx, 300, with 8 colour photographs, 48 monochrome photographs, text figures & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H135: John Hunt led the successful British expedition in 1953, and subsequently became the 'father figure' of post-war British mountaineering. He was President of the Alpine Club in 1956-58, which included the Centenary celebrations]. Flatsigned by 17 mountaineers, including the author, John Hunt, and first ascentionist Ed Hillary, as well as other members of the 1953 team, Alfred Gregory (twice), George Band. Mike Westmacott, Michael Ward, Charles Wylie, George Lowe, James Morris (as Jan Morris) and reserves John Jackson and Hamish Nicol. Additionally signed by six further British mountaineers, several with connections to Everest and first ascents in the Himalaya, including Chris Bonington (Everest 1972, 1975, 1982 and 1985), Jim Gavin (Everest 1936), John Cleare (Everest 1971), Joe Brown (Kangchenjunga 1955) and Tony Streather (K2 1953, Kanchenjunga 1955).. Signed by the First Ascent Team. Third Impression. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
Synopsis
From the book: 'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time.'
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- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002469
- Title
- The Ascent of Everest
- Author
- Hunt, John [Signed by the First Ascent Team and Other Notable mountaineers]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- John Hunt Ascent of Everest 1953 Nepal Himalaya Mountaineering Edmund Hillary Charles Wylie George Lowe Alfred Gregory George Band Mike Westmacott Michael Ward James Morris Jan Morris John Jackson Hamish Nicol Chris Bonington Jim Gavin John Cleare Joe Bro
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