George a Hillary (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering. The binding is firm. The dust jacket shows light surface rubbing and minor wear at the head and tail of the spine. Internal pages are clean and unmarked, without inscriptions or library stamps. A faint circular shadow is present on the title page and copyright page. light surface rubbing, minor edge wear This edition published 2003 by BCL Press. A. Spark (maps); George Djurkovic (sketches) (illustrator).…

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Sm octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 224 pages, 20 cm. Subjects; Everest, Mount. China and Nepal. Description and travel. Mountaineering expeditions. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 224 pages, 20 cm. Subjects; Everest, Mount. China and Nepal. Description and travel. Mountaineering expeditions. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Jacket sadly quite tatty. Edge wear, creasing and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket, small loss to top and bottom of spine, corners rubbed with small loss, front of jacket quite cockled and damp stained, back jacket slightly browned, slight lean. Not price clipped (16s), pencill address on ffep, internally quite clean and tight, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 224pp, illustrated. The exciting first hand account of Sir Edmund Hillary's (1919-2008), and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest. Hillary achieved many more adventuring firsts before establishing the Himalayan Trust, an organization devoted to improving the lives of people living in the Himalayas. Illustrations by George Djurkouic, maps by A. Spark (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. "Copyright © 1955", "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 2003", and "This leather-bound Collector's Edition of High Adventure is personally signed by Sir Edmund Hillary". Signed by author. Includes Easton Press "Certificate Of Authenticity" dated 8/9/2003 and 6 inch by 4 inch broadside "a note about High Adventure and the author Sir Edmund Hillary". …