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High Adventure
by Hillary, Edmund
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Hillary on the ffep; with the bookplate off noted British surgeon Sir Cecil Wakeley, Bt.,. K.B.E., C.B., Ll.D., M.Ch., D.Sc., F.R.C.S; and previous owner's name and date at the top of the ffep. Stated First Printing. 225pp.., with b/w photos throughout, sketches by George Djurkouic, and map by A. Spark. Hillary's first book, detailing his 1953 Everest expedition. A nice copy, tight binding clean interior; jacket has chipping at the cprners and spine, with tape repairs to the verso at the spineand top front corner, else Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 629158
- Title
- High Adventure
- Author
- Hillary, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- GG2023 GG2023ART, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
Glossary
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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