Author: HUNT, JOHN & ALFRED GREGORY
Title: The Picture of Everest a Book of Full-Colour Reproductions of Photographs of the Everest Scene.
Description: New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Photographs; This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has spots of bumping, rubbing and wear, along with several edge tears. "The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953. Led by Colonel John Hunt, it was organised and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, on 2 June that year." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Mountaineering Alfred Gregory John Hunt Mount Everest
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Title: The Picture of Everest a Book of Full-Colour Reproductions of Photographs of the Everest Scene.
Description: New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Photographs; This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has spots of bumping, rubbing and wear, along with several edge tears. "The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953. Led by Colonel John Hunt, it was organised and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, on 2 June that year." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
Keywords: Mountaineering Alfred Gregory John Hunt Mount Everest
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 50559
- Book number: 50559
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