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JOHN HUNT (1910-1998)
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JOHN HUNT (1910-1998)
The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. 8° (220 x 142mm). Colour photographic frontispiece, and 55 plates of photographs, 7 of these colour. (A few scattered spots.) Original blue cloth (re-backed in blue leather, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, cloth with some soiling). Signed on the front free endpaper in various inks. Provenance: 'M.W. Richey 1953'.
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY HILLARY, HUNT, EVANS AND 10 OTHERS -- all in the party of the conquering ascent, bar Tenzing and The Times Correspondent James Morris-- that is: George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, George Band, Alfred Gregory, Tom Bourdillon, Charles Wylie, Michael Westmacott, Michael Ward, Griffith Pugh, and Tom Stobart. Neate 393.
EDMUND HILLARY (1919-)
High Adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. 8° (203 x 131mm). Colour photographic frontispiece, and 31 plates of photographs. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (light soiling). Signed by Hillary on the title in blue ball-point. Provenance: Allan Harvey (pencilled gift inscription, from 'GTP - CCP', dated 1955). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Together with a first edition in English of Heim and Gansser's The Throne of the Gods (front endpaper renewed, some spotting, dust-jacket worn). (3)
The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. 8° (220 x 142mm). Colour photographic frontispiece, and 55 plates of photographs, 7 of these colour. (A few scattered spots.) Original blue cloth (re-backed in blue leather, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, cloth with some soiling). Signed on the front free endpaper in various inks. Provenance: 'M.W. Richey 1953'.
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY HILLARY, HUNT, EVANS AND 10 OTHERS -- all in the party of the conquering ascent, bar Tenzing and The Times Correspondent James Morris-- that is: George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, George Band, Alfred Gregory, Tom Bourdillon, Charles Wylie, Michael Westmacott, Michael Ward, Griffith Pugh, and Tom Stobart. Neate 393.
EDMUND HILLARY (1919-)
High Adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. 8° (203 x 131mm). Colour photographic frontispiece, and 31 plates of photographs. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (light soiling). Signed by Hillary on the title in blue ball-point. Provenance: Allan Harvey (pencilled gift inscription, from 'GTP - CCP', dated 1955). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Together with a first edition in English of Heim and Gansser's The Throne of the Gods (front endpaper renewed, some spotting, dust-jacket worn). (3)
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