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From the Ocean to the Sky  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

From the Ocean to the Sky - 1st Edition/1st Printing

From the Ocean to the Sky  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

From the Ocean to the Sky - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Hillary, Edmund

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ISBN 10
0670331724
ISBN 13
9780670331727
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New York: Viking Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670331724 . A scarce first U. S. edition, SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary on title page, includes original errata slip regarding pages 80, 112, and 113. Book and dust jacket in Fine condition, with price unclipped; A rich and intimate encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, with Hindu holy men and Sikh pilgrims, with rural Bengali villagers and hysterical Calcutta crowds. At every teeming city ghat and wharf, at each remote refueling stop, the people of India - fishermen, city dignitaries, village elders, excited school-children, ancient porters, yogis- all responded with an outpouring of warmth and enthusiasm to honor the Western travelers whose pilgrimage up the holy river symbolized so much for those along the banks; 8vo; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
From the Ocean to the Sky - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Hillary, Edmund
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10
0670331724
ISBN 13
9780670331727
Publisher
Viking Press
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1979
Keywords
Hillary Adventure India Hindu Everest, Hillary Autobiography Ganges River, Outdoors Adventure, Travel Ganges Valley, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Mountaineering Hilary Himalayas
Bookseller catalogs
Mountaineering; Biography / Sport Legends; Author Collections / Hillary, Edmund;

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