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Published by E. P. Dutton, 1954
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Printing. The 2nd printing of the First American Edition (not a Bookclub). Some pieces missing to spine of Dustjacket. The moving story of the momentous conquest of Mount Everest by Sir John Hunt's British Expedition, including Sir Edmund Hillary who gives his own personal account of the final assault on the summit.
Published by Dutton, NY, 1954
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Condition: VG in G DJ. Photos, map, color frontis (illustrator). 3rd ptg. Lead of the British expedition Hunt gives the deeply moving story of that great undertaking. DJ edge split at spine, chunks missing at edges.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1953
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the W. Heaton Cooper illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, 48 black & white plates and numerous text vignettes. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a Christmas 1953 gift inscription to the half title and a previous owner's name to the front endpaper, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny chips at the head of the spine. Not price-clipped (25/- net to the lower front flap). Signed by Edmund Hillary in blue ink on the front endpaper, underneath which the previous owner has inscribed "Autographed 1954 / 3-9-54". An account of the ninth British expedition to Everest, on which Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. The bulk of the book is written by the expedition leader Brigadier Sir John Hunt; Edmund Hillary contributes chapter 16 'The Summit'. Loosely laid in are cut autographs of expedition party members Charles Evans (deputy leader) and Michael Westmacott. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.