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London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1955., 1955. Hard Cover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp 224. Colour frontispiece plus 31 monochrome photographic plates, each with multiple images; line drawings by George Djurkouic and maps by A Spark within text. Publishers' blue cloth with green titles and ruling to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth lightly soiled, with spine lightly partially sunned and boards bruised to edge and corners. Ownership inscription to front paste-down in ink, and another in pencil to ffep; signature of the Author, without dedication, to title page. A little scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers, and very slight staining to free endpapers, otherwise contents clean and bright. Minor nicks & creases to jacket, and very slight loss at spine tips; jacket likely supplied from another copy. A Very Good copy overall, in like jacket. Climbing autobiography of Hillary's part in expeditions over his lifetime and the the Everest 1953 expedition in particular. Signed… Read More