THE ASCENT OF EVEREST by John Hunt; Edmund Hillary

Description

Title: THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition Very fine hardcover with good dust jacket now protected in removable cover. First edition of this account of the 1953 British conquest of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillaryâs stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Collector’s Item