The Ascent of Everest (Illustrated)
by Hunt, John (Brigadier Sir , C.B.E., D.S.O.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/VG
- Seller
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LOrignal, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Reader’s Union Hodder & Stoughton, London, U.K., 1955. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine/VG. 7 3/4 x 5 x 7/8. NON SMOKING STORE. MY LISTING INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK FOR SALE. Book NEAR FINE/ Dust Jacket Very Good. Seems to be unopened/unread. Boards and spine are navy cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has a few minor creases and has 4 small chips through the paper and one 3/8 inch tear. DJ spine is slightly age darkened and has a faint black mark. DJ slightly rubbed and dirtied at front and back folds. Book boards are not worn but have very slight turn-in on two corner tips, and one corner tip has slight dent but paper not broken. Top edge of spine is slightly dented but not broken. Boards have two faint dirt marks, but otherwise look new. Top edges of pages are navy, as issued, crisp and dark. Inside covers and on first free front end page are small faint brown age spots. All book pages are clean and tight. 3 sections Black/white and colour photo plates. Re-publication of Hodder and Stoughton edition 1953. Black/white sketches and maps.
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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- Bookseller
- WILLOWBAY BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B0011Adv-AscEver55
- Title
- The Ascent of Everest (Illustrated)
- Author
- Hunt, John (Brigadier Sir , C.B.E., D.S.O.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/VG
- Edition
- First Edition (stated)
- Publisher
- Reader’s Union Hodder & Stoughton, London, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 328 Pages
- Size
- 7 3/4 x 5 x 7/8
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure;
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