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The Conquest of Everest
by Hunt, Sir John with Edmund Hillary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in Very Good+ dustjacket with minimal chipping and few minor tape reinforcements inside dustjacket. SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary directly on the title page; The complete, authoritative and deeply moving story of the momentous conquest of Mount Everest by Sir John Hunt's British Expedition, including Sir Edmund Hillary who gives his own personal account of the final assault on the summit. In his Foreword, H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh writes: "In the human terms of physical effort and endurance alone, it will live in history as a shining example to all mankind." Contains B&W and color photographs as well as maps, sketches and drawings plus an appendix, glossary and index; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14687
- Title
- The Conquest of Everest
- Author
- Hunt, Sir John with Edmund Hillary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Hillary Himalaya Expedition Everest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Signed Biography; Author Collections / Hillary, Edmund;
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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