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High Adventure
by Hillary, Edmund
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. Hillary's memoir takes us step by step up the slopes of Everest, describing vividly and in great detail the agonising climb that he and Tenzing Norgay embarked upon, the perils they faced and the dramatic final ascent that forever secured them a place of honour in the annals of human exploration. His book is a mountaineering classic, but it is also a thrilling and inspiring story of courage and endurance With illustrations by George Djurkovic and maps by A Spark. CONDITION Blue bds, 224 pages with photo illus, sketches and maps. Spine faded and crns curved, inscription to ffep simly stating xmas 1955, copy is nice and crisp with foxed ends and edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A Sparks (Maps) & George Djurkovic (sketches). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16962
- Title
- High Adventure
- Author
- Hillary, Edmund
- Illustrator
- A Sparks (Maps) & George Djurkovic (sketches)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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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