South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953. [Line drawings and endpaper portraits by A.J. Veilhan.] BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by NOYCE Wilfrid
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- Hardcover
- first
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Heinemann,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations and maps in the text, and portrait endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the best of the personal accounts of the first successful Everest expedition. On 21 May Noyce and Annullu were the first members of the team to reach the South Col, so lifting morale of the expedition as a whole. 'One of the best of the many Everest books' (Neate). Neate *576.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49171
- Title
- South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953. [Line drawings and endpaper portraits by A.J. Veilhan.] BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- NOYCE Wilfrid
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann,
- Date Published
- [1954]
- Keywords
- sports, mountaineering, climbing, rock climbing, everest, himalayas, noyce, wilfrid noyce
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