THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST

With maps and illustrations

339 pages, 31 full page black and white plates, 4 half page black and white plates, 2 folding maps, original red cloth titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, splitting along the spine and worn at the top and bottom of the back, uncut edges, ex library with the usual library labels and stamps, binding loose, contents bright.

Brigadier-General The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 – 12 July 1939) was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Granville_Bruce

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Howard-Bury (Lieut.Col C.K. MOUNT EVEREST The Reconnaissance, 1921 With illustrations and maps. 350 pages, frontispiece, 32 full page black and white plates, 3 folding maps torn and simply repaired, original blue cloth splitting along the spine and worn at the top and bottom of the back, uncut edges,ex library with the usual library labels and stamps, binding loose.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury DSO, DL, JP (15 August 1881 – 20 September 1963) was a British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard-Bury