The KA of GIFFORD HILLARY.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[1st state with blocked gilt lettering.Published July, 1956.Printed by Taylor,Garnett,Evans and Co. Ltd.Watford,Herts.] VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (16s. net) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,fairly clean,colour pictorial artwork by SAX,illustrated front+spine/ backstrip with yellow+white lettering to both,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background (a ubiquitous and common fault) with blue+ black lettered publisher's advert for other titles with critics' reviews for each.Front panel of dw/dj with light,minimal,superficial scoring - without penetration or affecting boards/covers beneath.With shelf-wear, rubbing and minimal creasing to edges and corners - all corner tips rubbed with some minimal chipping and losses to same and similar minimal chipping to both head+foot with small loss but lettering unaffected,two small closed tears - one each to top rear gutter's fold/crease,and one to the rear,lower gutter's fold/crease - but overall, still approx. 99% present.Top edges very lightly toned,minimal foxing/ spotting,fore-edges brighter and clean with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight - text body virtually foxing-free other than light,sporadic foxing/spotting to prelims up to dedication - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered publisher's original,plain black cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,plain white eps - some minimal off-set shadowing from dw/dj inner front flap to front free endpaper with minor foxing/spotting to it's reverse,and similar shadowing+foxing to verso+recto of rear free endpaper - but both hinges solid and sound with no splits,tears or cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,v-ixpp+11-407pp [paginated] includes a dedication,contents list/table,author's note,a statement,15 sections/ chapters in journal form spanning w/end 3rd/4th September to 1st to 9th October and a Postscript,plus [unpaginated] sporadically foxed/ spotted half-title,title page and dedication.
Sir Gifford Hillary and Wing Commander Johnny Norton are involved in plans to counter the might of Soviet Russia,and interest soon centres on the evil Lady Ankaret and the tragedy which occurred at Longshot Hall,South Hampshire,on the night of the 9th September.
A victim is struck down,and from that moment onwards the events which follow seem,at first,fantastic and unbelievable – but are later realised to be entirely logical.What does happen after death? And why should Sir Gifford find himself in prison,on trial for his life?
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