The Conquest of Everest. With a Chapter on the Final Assault By Sir Edmund Hillary
by Hunt, Sir John [George Band]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: E.P.Dutton, 1954 VG+/VG. 8vo. original two tone cloth, uncut (a trifle rubbed & marked, heavy erasure marks to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & nicked, edges slightly trimmed, spine a trifle sunned); 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 to title by a member of the expedition team, noted British mountaineer and author, George Band.. Signed by A Member of the Expedition Team. First US. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029024
- Title
- The Conquest of Everest. With a Chapter on the Final Assault By Sir Edmund Hillary
- Author
- Hunt, Sir John [George Band]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First US
- Publisher
- E.P.Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- John Hunt Conquest of Everest Ascent of Everest Himalaya Nepal Alfred Gregory Mike Westmacott Signed
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