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Ashurst, Southampton: Tony Astill, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Navy blue cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Two dustjackets, the top one with titles the one below without. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a faint hint of shelfwear. This book was the winner of the James Monroe Thorington award for best book in mountaineering history at Banff Mountain Book Festival 2006, and the front of the top dustjacket bears a sticker declaring this (see image). 359pp. Over 120 b/w illustrations. Two folding maps drawin by Ted Hatch to rear. Light crease to lower right corner of the first, which depicts the route of the Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1935, Darjeeling to Mt.Everest.This book tells the story of the fifth Everest expedition in 1935, which was led by Eric Shipton (1907-1977), and is based on the diaries of the team members..
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- Title Mount Everest
- Author Tony AStill
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tony Astill, Southampton
- Date 2005
- ISBN 9780954920104
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East Lothian: Tony Astill . This is a Fine Copy Copy in a Fine Dust-Jacket.(As New) no previous inscriptions,not price clipped.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Superb copy which tells of the fifth Everest expedition led by Shipton.Great copy for the collector with the dust-jacket well protected in a cover sleeve,Thick 8vo 359pp First Edition 1st Impression [2005] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 2005.
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Tony Astill , 2005 10.25" x 7.25". xviii, 359 pp. "The story of the fifth Everest expedition, which was led by Eric Shipton..." Illustrated with over 120 b&w photos and maps. 3 maps are fold-out at rear of book. Intro by Edmund Hillary. Dark blue cloth with gold spine and front board lettering. Boards slightly bowed. Bright clean copy. Double dust wrapper. Outer wrapper map with book titles, inner wrapper map only. This book weighs 1.6 kg, extra postage may be requested.
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Southampton: The Author, 2005 F/F. 8vo. original navy blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper; pp. [2], xviii (last blank), 360 (last blank), [2 (advts], with 125 illustrations & 9 maps. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy. Flatsigned to title page by the author, 'Tony Astill'.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.
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