The Conquest of Everest; With a Chapter on the Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
Hunt, Sir John [Hillary, Sir Edmund]
Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1954
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Octavo, xx, 300pp. Blue and tan cloth, title in navy blue on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, free of marks or notations. Complete with frontispiece and 7 full-page color photographs. In publisher's dust jacket, $6.00 retail price on front flap, slight wear to edges, short closed tear along bottom edge of front panel, with vibrant imagery and text, a near fine example. (Neate, H135) Signed by five members of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition on front free endpaper: Sir John Hunt, Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Charles Evans and James Morris. Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer who took part in the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. He and Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to reach the summit. Fellow signers in this copy include deputy expedition leader Charles Evans, documentary director George Lowe and travel journalist James Morris (Jan Morris as of 1972), who reported on the expedition to The Times of London. Seller Inventory # 18384
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Title: The Conquest of Everest; With a Chapter on ...
Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: First American edition of The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt, signed by five members of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, including Sir Edmund Hillary.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First American Edition, First Printing.
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The Conquest of Everest With a Chapter on the Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary, Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
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E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1954
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Seller: AMSELBEIN - Antiquariat und Neubuch, Bad Fischau - Brunn, Austria
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fester Einband. Condition: Akzeptabel. Schutzumschlag beschädigt, Kanten gestoßen, etwas abgegriffenes Exemplar. Seller Inventory # 348
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The conquest of Everest . With a chapter on the final assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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First American edition, published first in London under the title The Ascent of Everest; 8vo, pp. xx, 300; 8 color plates, including the frontispiece), 48 black & white 6 maps, illustrations in the text by Charles Evans, 9 appendices, and a glossary; nice copy in an unclipped dust jacket which shows a touch of wear at the extremities, 2 or 3 insignificant breaks, and a slight creases in the front and back panel. Early ownership signature of Marjorie Hofman. In a sense, the quintessential mountaineering book - the first successful ascent of the highest and most iconic peak in the world. I read this book as a teenager and I've been fascinated by whole body of mountaineering literature ever since, the Himalayas especially, mountains one has to see to believe. Yakushi H470b. Seller Inventory # 68377