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The Ascent Of Everest -- FIRST PRINTING **SIGNED By Hillary, Hunt, Evans, Band, & Lowe
by Hunt, John
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- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Portland, Oregon
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$1,800.00
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED by HILLARY & EVANS & BAND & LOWE with loose card signed by Hunt. A good collection of signatures on the first UK edition. Evans signed very few first UK editions. He signed more first USA editions during their film/lecture tour of the USA. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. Hand-SIGNED by Hillary, Lowe, Evans & Band on the blank FFEP. Loose card with strong hand-signed ballpoint signature of Hunt included. BOOK CONDITION: nice condition but spine cloth is faded, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, tiny foxing spots on fore-edge but no internal foxing, bright pages. DUST WRAPPER CONDITION: tiny surface chips spine corners, original price present on flap, very slight darkening of spine. Book measures 227mm tall x 144mm, and has 300 pages, 79 photos (8 colour), 4 maps, sketches, 9 appendices, glossary, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED (NOT GENERIC STOCK PHOTOS).
Synopsis
From the book: 'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time.'
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Details
- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 000688
- Title
- The Ascent Of Everest -- FIRST PRINTING **SIGNED By Hillary, Hunt, Evans, Band, & Lowe
- Author
- Hunt, John
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Mt Everest, Mount Chomolungma, Sagarmatha, Nepal, Himalaya
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountaineering; Everest;
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JP Mountain Books sells mountaineering books, exploration and discovery books, some polar books, books about mountains, some true adventure books, high altitude cook books.
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- gilt
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- spine
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- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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