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$15.00
xxcac30445

Keep Calm if You Can; round the world with the Hillary family


HILLARY, LOUISE

Hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: travel new zealand edmund hillary louise hillary specials

$14.00
xxdds49028

Two Generations


HILLARY, EDMUND & HILLARY, PETER

First edition, super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Edmund Hillary Peter Hillary New Zealand climbing mountaineering biography history Nepal

$30.00
2g19/15

The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent


Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

LOWE, GEORGE & LEWIS-JONES, HUW

Small quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind stamped dolphin motif to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2013

KEYWORDS: George Lowe Huw Lewis-Jones Mount Everest first ascent mountaineering climbing Sir Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay photographic pictorial record history Chris Bonington Kenton Cool Peter Hillary Tom Hornbein Reinhold Messner Colin Monteath Jan Morris Norbu

$300.00
t1/1

Eternal Himalaya


AHLUWALIA,H.P.S.

first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 208pp+index ills.[b/w] NF (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to Edmund Hillary on half-title - Ed & June [*********] H[ari] & Bholi 13 August 198[6] ) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,laminate is bubbling and lifting,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.) inscribed by fellow Everest conqueror H.Ahluwalia and his wife to Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife

PUBLISHER: interprint new delhi 1982

KEYWORDS: history travel himalaya ahluwalia edmund hillary geography signed

$150.00
w6/14

Oltre Gli 8000


HILLARY,EDMUND

first edition 215pp [text in Italian] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (in ill.wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: leonardo da vinci editrice bari 1957

KEYWORDS: mountaineering history everest edmund hillary oltre gli

$100.00
w19/14

Naming for Power


JAVED,NASEEM

first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 256pp FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim. - To Sir Edmund Hillary with respect & admiration & love Nassem Nov.95. ,a handwritten letter by author to Sir Edmund on hotel paper is loosely inserted) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy

PUBLISHER: linkbridge publishing new york 1993

KEYWORDS: business history naseem javed edmund hillary signed

$100.00
w19/24

Perly Architektury w Polsce


CZAPLINSKI,KONRAD KAZIMIERZ

first edition inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary 144pp [text in Polish/English/German] ills.[col.] FINE (in glossy boards,inscr.to half-title - To Lady June and Sir Edmund with respect and best wishes Teresa Kazimierz Mokrysz Auckland 28.02.2007 ) unique association copy

PUBLISHER: videograf ii katowice 2004

KEYWORDS: architecture travel geography poland kazimierz edmund hillary

$15.00
xxamd13261

High in the Thin Cold Air; The Story of the Himalayan Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary


HILLARY, EDMUND & DOIG, DESMOND

Ex library, octavo hardcover (VG-) with dustwrapper (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton

KEYWORDS: mountaineering himalayas sir edmund hillary desmond doig specials

$140.00
1j34/4

No Latitude For Error


HILLARY, Sir EDMUND

LACKS D/W, First Edition, SIGNED octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 255pp, illus VG (light tanning, light soiling) ,SIGNED by author on title page

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton 1961

KEYWORDS: history autobiography sir edmund hillary signed new zealand mountaineering sport

$20.00
xxceb31477

View From the Summit


HILLARY, SIR EDMUND

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday/Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history mountaineering sir edmund hillary autobiography first edition

$15.00
2g11/7

High Adventure


with maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic

HILLARY, EDMUND

first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (pencil owner's name to fep, wear to boards, d/w marking to eps, foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (tanning and soiling, numerous chips and closed tears to extremities including upper edge of spine missing and large closed tear to front upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: edmund hillary new zealand mountain climbing mountaineering sport adventure travel autobiography history

$30.00
2g26/19

High in the Thin Cold Air


HILLARY, EDMUND & DOIG, DESMOND

First edition, brown cloth boards with red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, VG (owner's inscription in ink to front pastedown, tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (tanning & scuffing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition Edmund Hillary Desmond Doig mountaineering Himalayas scientific expedition Yeti Abominable Snowman Sherpa people Mt Makalu high altitude research physiology acclimatisation

$17.50
xxkua69815

Harry Ayres: Mountain Guide


MAHONEY, MICHAEL

Octavo Hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1982

KEYWORDS: specials michael mahoney sir edmund hillary mountaineering mountain guide new-zealand harry ayres iceclimbing

$10.00
xxfad75810

View from the Summit


HILLARY, EDMUND

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography mountaineering climbing New Zealand

$10.00
xxfcg76979

View from the Summit


HILLARY, SIR EDMUND

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Corgi 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealand autobiography Mount Everest mountaineering memoir

$750.00
1q36/6

The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58


FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN & HILLARY, SIR EDMUND

Stamped with 'Air New Zealand Antarctica Flights logo, dated signed & inscribed by Sir Edmund Hillary I enjoyed sharing our flight to the Antarctic 14/11/79. The next flight was 28/11/79 which tragically crashed into Mt Erebus, so this book was on the last successful flight. Super octavo, light blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, xvii + 338pp, illus, VG (slight tanning & fading to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to front pastedown, owner's name & address in ink to fep, sellotape residue stains to eps, moderate foxing throughout, annotation in ink (relevant) to page viii) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some foxing & tanning, bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Cassel & Co 1959

KEYWORDS: Sir Vivian Fuchs Sir Edmund Hillary Antarctica expedition Shackleton Base to Scott Base

$425.00
1q36/7

High Adventure


HILLARY, EDMUND & SPARK. A (maps) & DJURKOVIC, GEO

Warm inscription to NZ poet Willow Macky signed & dated 1956 by Sir Edmund Hillary, octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (some fading to spine, slight tanning to page edges& eps, some light foxing, bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (slight tanning to spine, bruising & nicks to spine extems, 3cm untidy closed tear to rear flap lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: Edmund Hillary A Spark George Djurkovic autobiography memoir mountaineering mountain climbing Everest

$15.00
xxsde90511

After Everest: Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary


LITTLE, PAUL

Super Octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2012

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Little Sir Edmund Hillary biography history Mount Everest adventure Mountaineering Exploration New Zealand

$225.00
2s23/7

The New Zealand Herald: Book of the Century: 100 Years in Review by New Zealand Herald Staff, Past and Present


HILLARY, EDMUND (foreword) & SNOW, TERRY (ed)

Numbered limited edition signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, Small Folio, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 304 pp, illus, Nr Fine in slip case VG+ (some rubbing to case)

PUBLISHER: W & H Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edmund Hillary

$25.00
xxfte108162

Schoolhouse in the Clouds


HILLARY, SIR EDMUND

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: sir edmund hillary memoir himalayas sherpa mountaineering himalayan schoolhouse expedition development education

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