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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 1955-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1955. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. Hillary's first book, covering his climbing career to date, culminating in his historic conquering of Mt. Everest with Tenzing. With maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic. Colour frontis, and b&w photographs throughout. Some foxing to end-plates and exposed page edges, otherwise book in excellent condition. Jacket has a few chips and sunned spine, but is intact otherwise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Guru Bookshop Ltd, Green Warehouse (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50XUSVFPK4
- Title
- High Adventure
- Format/Binding
- Unknown Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1955-01-01
- Size
- in x in x in
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
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The Guru Bookshop Ltd, Green Warehouse
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Hereford, Herefordshire
About The Guru Bookshop Ltd, Green Warehouse
The Guru Bookshop is a UK based eclectic bookseller dealing in all genres especially first editions in travel, biography poetry, Military History, Theology and Indian books on spirituality
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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