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The Ascent of Everest
Author:
HUNT, JOHN & HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore) (& HILLARY, Sir EDMUND - signed)
Title:
The Ascent of Everest
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton 1953
Description:
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 300pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board edges/corners, light chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label to front pastedown, heavy crack to gutter of frontispiece & title page) in d/w, scuffy (v heavy chipping to edges with some loss, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to covers, price clipped)
Keywords:
first edition signed exploration climbing Mount Everest illustrated mountaineering