Everest: The Unfinished Adventure

£800 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

with original dust-jacket Ruttledge's account of the 1935 and 1936 unsuccessful expeditions to Mount Everest. He led both expeditions. It is rare to find this work with the dust-jacket. First edition; 8vo; 63 black white photographic illustrations, 2 folding coloured maps, some spotting to the fore-edge; publisher's original blue cloth gilt; original pictorial dust-jacket, some slight staining to the jacket, overall a very good copy. Marshall 2650; Neate R100; Yakushi R214.

• Binding: Hardcover

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