THE ASCENT OF EVEREST. Signed First Edition by John Hunt

Description

Title

THE ASCENT OF EVEREST. Signed First Edition

Author

John Hunt

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton, London

Publication year

1953

Condition

Very good

Dust jacket

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing Good hardcover with fair 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. This copy is signed by John Hunt on title page. Collector’s Item.