The Ascent of Everest
by Hunt, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. Pale Blue bds with bright Gilt title (very fresh with tiny nick top rear of spine) 300 pages with 68 photo illus many in full colour, maps and line illus through text, a very bright clean copy not inscribed, small piece missing top ffep. Original DJ is fresh with tiny tear to top front, not price clipped. Overweight. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
From the book: 'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time.'
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9286
- Title
- The Ascent of Everest
- Author
- Hunt, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- TRAVEL ASIA GENERAL Mountaineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- First Edition
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