Hillary Peter and John E Elder (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is a solid and Very clean blue spine and board Memoir Hardback in Fine condition with a Near Fine jacket. SIGNED on book plate. First Edition, 1st Printing. This book is in wonderful condition both inside and out. The pages are tight and unmarked, no other names. The edges and spine ends are all very nice. The jacket, with price is clean & bright & very nice. Just a touch or top spine end wrinkle. 338 pages. #21381-224. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 341 pages. Illustrated. Lightly spot foxing front edge.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 341 pages. Illustrated. Authors' inscription on title page. Signed By Author.

Soft Cover. First Australian. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. 342, with illustrations. A fine copy. Flatsigned on title page by Peter Hillary . Pete Hillary's account of his gruelling unassisted trek to the South Pole in 1998-99 with Jon Muir and Eric Philips, under physical and psychological conditions echoing Scott's tragic attempt at the Pole. John Elder is senior writer for the Sunday Age in Melbourne, who participated as crew member on the 'In The Footsteps of Scott' Expedition in 1986. In another twist of fate, he watched his ship 'Southern Quest' sink below the ice in the Ross Sea, echoing Shackleton's 'Endurance' experience. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY pETER hILLARY, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Gordon, 'Onward & Upward'. Always! Peter H'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some yellowing to page fore edges, top corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£15.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 343pp. A memoir of extraordinary depth and searing honesty 'In the Ghost Country' is the story of Peter Hillary's physical and emotional journey across the icy wastes of Antarctica. A place where the thoughts and memories of a lifetime were called forth by the blank slate of the Antarctic snows, so real that the ghosts of lost friends and loved ones walked with Peter Hillary in the white maelstrom. During the three month long expedition, Peter Hillary and his two companions skied 900 miles across the forbidding and beautiful expanse of Antarctica to the South Pole. Early on, the relationships in the little tent disintegrated to acrimony and distrust, and exploded on their return, damaging friendships and resulting in profound soul searching. This is the story of that journey: a chronicle of profound isolation, of great stamina and skill, of the mental and emotional toll exacted by travel in extreme environments. It is also a meditation on a lifetime spent on the edge, a memory book of more than 30 expeditions in the Himalayas, the Andes, the Arctic and the Antarctic. It tells of triumphant adventures, travelling with his father, Sir Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong to the North Pole, climbing Everest twice and bitter tragedies, like the loss of his mother and sister in a plane crash in the Himalayas, and the shattering K2 climb where Peter was the only one of eight climbers (including Alison Hargreaves) to survive. 'In the Ghost Country' is a radical departure from the adventure genre, a literate and evocative tribute to the crafts of polar travel and mountaineering, a Shackleton-like tale of endurance, and a compelling contemplation on a life of adventure and accomplishment. Scarce signed. Jacket by Lizzie Cameron (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Soft Cover. First Australian. 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. 342, with illustrations. A fine copy. Flatsigned on title page by Peter Hillary and John Elder. Pete Hillary's account of his gruelling unassisted trek to the South Pole in 1998-99 with Jon Muir and Eric Philips, under physical and psychological conditions echoing Scott's tragic attempt at the Pole. John Elder is senior writer for the Sunday Age in Melbourne, who participated as crew member on the 'In The Footsteps of Scott' Expedition in 1986. In another twist of fate, he watched his ship 'Southern Quest' sink below the ice in the Ross Sea, echoing Shackleton's 'Endurance' experience. Signed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 341pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this account of an attempt to complete Robert Scott's failed journey to Antarctica and back, signed large and bold by Hillary -- son of Sir Edmund -- in black ballpoint on the title page.…