The conquest of Everest ... With a chapter on the final assault

by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh by John Hunt, Sir

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

New York: Dutton, 1954. First American edition, published first in London under the title The Ascent of Everest; 8vo, pp. xx, 300; 8 color plates, including the frontispiece , 48 black & white 6 maps, illustrations in the text by Charles Evans, 9 appendices, and a glossary; nice copy in an unclipped dust jacket which shows a touch of wear at the extremities, 2 or 3 insignificant breaks, and a slight creases in the front and back panel. Early ownership

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