Challenge To Mount Everest (VERY SCARCE 1953 PUBLICATION: TOGETHER WITH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN HUNT)
by Mount Everest
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Times, 1953. VG. First edition. 8pp. Illustrated with photographs. Printed as a Supplement to The Times newspaper dated Tuesday May 5 1953. Size 31.5 by 45.9cms. Articles include; 'The Pyramid Of Hard-Won Experience', 'The Everest Story', and 'Preparations For The Assault' by Colonel John Hunt. TOGETHER WITH an original photograph of John Hunt taken in 1978; size 16.5 by 21.5cms. The photograph is of Hunt being presented with the first Endeavour Jacket on the Everest Jubilee. The newspaper supplement is folded and has a second vertical crease; some light spotting; a few short edge tears (not affecting text); else a very good copy of the VERY SCARCE first edition. The photograph is in fine condition.. First Edition. Newspaper. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09682
- Title
- Challenge To Mount Everest (VERY SCARCE 1953 PUBLICATION: TOGETHER WITH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN HUNT)
- Author
- Mount Everest
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Times
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Everest. Mount Everest. Climbing. Mountains. Mounting Climbing. Ephemera. Sports And Pastimes. History. Mountaineering. History Of Mountaineering. History Of Mountain Climbing. John Hunt.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera; Sports and Pastimes;
Terms of Sale
Greystone Books
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- VG
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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