SOUTH COL, ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE ON THE ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953 (SIGNED BY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE 1953 FIRST ASCENT OF MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION); Foreward by Sir John Hunt

Noyce, Wilfrid

Published by William Heinemann Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, 1954

About this Item

Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in., pp. xx + 303. Illustrated with four color plates, forty-eight photographic plates, sixteen ink drawings by A.J. Veilhan, and five maps. Signed on half title page by four members of the 1953 Everest expedition: George Lowe, Michael Westmacott, Charles Evans, and George Band. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Publisher's blue topstain. Light age-toning to pages. Previous owner's inscription to half title. Light rubbing to edges. Very light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Unique edition with four signatures from members of the 1953 Everest expedition. Wilfrid Noyce "has written here a superb cvomplement to Sir John Hunt's official narative of the that historic achievement (of being first to ascend Mt. Everest). For this book gives what no official narrative can possibly give - a record of the thousand-and-one physical and mental sensations that crowded in upon one highly sensitive person, who is both a climber and a writer, in the course of this adventure. With this personal approach the reader shares vividly in a unique experience." (from the dustjacket) The book includes nine poems written by the author during the expedition. Many consider this the best first-hand written story of the first ascent of Everest. Wilfrid Francis Noyce (31 December 1917 24 July 1962) (usually known as Wilfrid Noyce (often misspelt as 'Wilfred'), some sources give third forename as Frank) was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest. Edmund Hillary, meeting Noyce for the first time as the expedition assembled in Nepal, echoed Hunt's praise: "Wilf Noyce was a tough and experienced mountaineer with an impressive record of difficult and dangerous climbs. In many respects I considered Noyce the most competent British climber I had met" Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SOUTH COL, ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE ON THE ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953 (SIGNED BY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE 1953 FIRST ASCENT OF MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION); Foreward by Sir John Hunt
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: A. J. Veilhan
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel, Exploration