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A Yak for Christmas by Hillary, Louise - 1969

by Hillary, Louise

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A Yak for Christmas

by Hillary, Louise

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American edition (1968). 255 pp, illustrations. 8vo/21cm.. Blue cloth gilt in slightly worn dj, internally fine. VG/G. A humorous little book about a family trip to Nepal for a Christmas celebration and dedication of a hospital financed by Sir Edmund Hillary and the author, his wife. Married in 1953, Lady Louise Mary Rose Hillary was killed with her daughter Belinda in 1975 when a plane carrying them to the dedication of another hospital financed by she and her husband crashed in Nepal..
  • Bookseller James Hurley, Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Doubleday & Co., Inc.
  • Place of Publication Garden City, New York
  • Date Published 1969
  • Keywords Juvenile, Mountaineering, Himalayas, Travel

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A Yak for Christmas: Sir Edmund Hillary's Wife and Children on a Himalayan Holiday

by Hillary, Louise

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Doubleday, 1969. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A Yak for Christmas: Sir Edmund Hillary's Wife and Children on a Himalayan Holiday

A Yak for Christmas: Sir Edmund Hillary's Wife and Children on a Himalayan Holiday

by Hillary, Louise

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Doubleday & Company, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Ex-Library hardcover with dj with the usual markings, attachments, and library wear. Except for library markings, interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.
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A Yak for Christmas : The Story of a Himalayan Holiday
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A Yak for Christmas : The Story of a Himalayan Holiday

by Hillary, Louise

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9780340044377
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0340044373
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Hodder & Stoughton. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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A Yak for Christmas

by Louise Hillary

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Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Blue Cloth. Good+/Good+. Slight bumps to lower corners, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows light wear. Christmas in the Himalayas with Sir Edmund Hillary, his wife, and three children. B&W photos.
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A Yak for Christmas

by Louise Hillary

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1968. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; lightly bumped head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; slight wear to head, tail, and tips; slight age toning to panels. Blue grained boards and spine with bright white lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 244 pp 8vo. This book recounts the Hillary family trekking through the Himalayas with their children in 1966. The trip was to dedicate a much needed hospital in a remote mountain village but turned into much more than that as the faced many small problems of the undependable infrastructure, but got to enjoy the beauty of the mountains, the Sherpas, and how much the hospital and school meant to the area. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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YAK FOR CHRISTMAS

by Hillary, Louise

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1st US Edition
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. G/G. 1969. 1st US Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 255 pp., Tips lightly rubbed; dj frayed, foxing on rear .
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A Yak for Christmas

by Hillary, Louise

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Used - Good
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No Dustjacket
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First edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780340044377
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0340044373
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Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8x5x1. An x-library copy. A heartwarming children's book that tells the story of a little girl named Anjali who dreams of having a yak for Christmas. Anjali lives in the Himalayan mountains with her family and longs for a special animal friend to keep her company during the long winter months. The author was the wife of famous mountaineer Sir Edmaund Hillary.
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A Yak for Christmas; Sir Edmund Hillary's wife and children on a Himalayan holiday.

by Hillary, Louise

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Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has tears, repaired w/ clear tape.
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First edition. 1st U.S. printing.
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Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company., 1969. First edition. 1st U.S. printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has tears, repaired w/ clear tape.. 1 Sturdy navy blue cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. 255 p. 22 cm. B&W photo sections. Color photo jacket, kids w/ mountain backdrop. Himalayan mountain adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary and spouse Louise introduced their children and a new yak animal friend. This is their account.
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A Yak for Christmas: Sir Edmund Hillary's wife & children on a Himalayan holiday

by Hillary, Louise

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Used - VG in VG DJ
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BCE
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NY: Doubleday. VG in VG DJ. (1968). BCE. The Hillary family journed to Nepal to attend a hospital dedication in a remote mountain village. DJ sl edge wear. .
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A Yak for Christmas: The Story of a Himalayan Holiday

A Yak for Christmas: The Story of a Himalayan Holiday

by Hillary, Louise

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Hardcover
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9780340044377
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0340044373
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