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Tenzing of Everest -- FIRST EDITION
by Malartic, Ives & Tenzing Norgay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Printing of FIRST EDITION. Original tan cloth, blue lettering spine. LACKING dust jacket. The book has clean covers, no rubbing, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing. Book measures 218mm tall x 14cm, and has 285 pages, 14 b/w photos, glossary, index. Biography of Tenzing, mostly climbing. Interesting because of the perspective of the author (French). He is not very kind to the British & NZ members of Hunt's Everest expedition, whereas he praises the Swiss. Also has a chapter on the career of being a Sherpa. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001892
- Title
- Tenzing of Everest -- FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Malartic, Ives & Tenzing Norgay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Nepal, Sherpas, Mt Everest, Mount Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Himalaya
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Everest; Central Asia;
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