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New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0670331724 . A bright first American edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition, lightly bumped tips, spine a little soiled in alike dust-jacket. Laid in errata slip. With the late signature of author Sir Edmund Hillary directly on the title page; A rich and intimate encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, with Hindu holy men and Sikh pilgrims, with rural Bengali villagers and hysterical Calcutta crowds. At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India - fishermen, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, yogis- all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the Western travelers whose pilgrimage up the holy river symbolized so much for those along the banks; 8vo; [iv], [1-13], 14-273 [274] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0698106490 . An attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with waterstain on inside; A magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the great adventurers of the last century. A splendid self-portrait of a complex and uncommon man, Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, Antarctic explorer, builder of schools, bridges, hospitals high in the Himalayas for the Sherpas of Nepal; 8vo; xiv,15-319, [1] pages .

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0698106490 . A very attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; A magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the great adventurers of the last century. A splendid self-portrait of a complex and uncommon man, Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, Antarctic explorer, builder of schools, bridges, hospitals high in the Himalayas for the Sherpas of Nepal; 8vo; xiv,15-319, [1] pages .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340405392 . A very handsome first edition/first printing copy in Fine/Very Near Fine condition, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary's son and author Peter Hillary directly on the title page; Peter Hillary's exciting and entertaining story of a journey through some of the planet's most dramatic and remote terrain on one of the forgotten fingers of the Silk Road and of their mountaineering adventures on the then unclimbed Rimo; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Auckland: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0908821093 . A most handsome first New Zealand edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper, minute bumping. Signed by author E. P. Hillary directly on the title page; Hillary looks back on that 1953 landmark expedition, as well as his remarkable explorations in other exotic locales, from the South Pole to the Ganges. View From The Summit is the compelling life story of a New Zealand country boy who daydreamed of wild adventures; the pioneering climber who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth after scaling the world's tallest peak; and the elder statesman and unlikely diplomat whose groundbreaking program of aid to Nepal continues to this day, paying his debt of worldwide fame to the Himalayan region; 8vo; [x], 309, [1] pages; Signed by Author .