Everest - the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
by Tuckey, Harriet
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1846043484
- ISBN 13
- 9781846043482
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About This Item
London : Rider Books, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white); 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Pugh, Griffith 1909-1994. Hillary, Edmund 1919-2008. Tenzing Norkey 1914-1986. Mountaineers Great Britain ; Biography.
Synopsis
HARRIET TUCKEY is the daughter of Griffith Pugh. She has a first class honours degree in literature, and an MA in the sociology of literature from the University of Essex, and worked for the Fabian Research Institute, the Department of Education and the Department of Employment in various research capacities. She lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295658
- Title
- Everest - the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1846043484
- ISBN 13
- 9781846043482
- Publisher
- London : Rider Books
- Date Published
- 2013
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