The Ascent Of Everest, first edition 1953, 300pp. including index, foreword by The Duke of Edinburgh and chapter 16 by Sir Edmund Hillary, plus appendices by members of the expedition; signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on a piece of card tipped-in onto the dedication page, illustrated in colour and black and white; condition: blue cloth boards very good, end-papers flap-foxed, top corners bumped, owner inscription on f.f.e.p., text and binding very good (some occasional foxing and finger-smudges to the margins). Dust-jacket: original jacket, not price-clipped (25/-net), flaps good, front and rear panels rubbed, edges chipped, and spine heavily faded with loss to head and foot of spine. Our Everest Adventure: A Companion Book to The Ascent of Everest, this being 'The pictorial history from Kathmandu to the summit': by John Hunt, first edition 1954, book condition: pictorial boards and binding in good condition, boards, end-papers and preliminaries foxed and spotted, corners bumped, text and illustrations very good.
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