Search Results: the ascent of everest by hunt john

Mountaineers Books, 1993. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mountaineers Books, 1993-05. Paperback. Used: Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 300 pp. 5 7/8 x 9. Blue cloth covered boards, stamped in dark blue on spine. No dj. Cloth a little faded at spine. Gift card and inscription on half-title page.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean third printing hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with awesome photographs in both black and white and full color. 300 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, one 1/4" closed tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. SECOND IMPRESSION of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. No previous owner marks and writing on pages, clean, tight binding, no foxing, slight fading spine otherwise near fine condition. Book measures 227mm tall x 144mm, and has 300 pages, 79 photos (8 color), 4 maps, sketches, 9 appendices, glossary, index. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Originally published in London in 1953. With a new forword by Lord Hunt and a postscript by Sir Edmund Hillary. Includes index, glossary, appendixes, tables, maps, drawings, and black and white photographs.

London: Companion Book Club, 1954. d w/chipping & tears, some paper loss, unclipped price, n mylar; 320 clean, unmarked pages; book club. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by B/w. 12 vo.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. name on front end page. spine slightly loose. 1st edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Readers Union/Hodder, 1955. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards and DJ. Clean, tight binding.

The Companion Book Club, 1954-01-01. This is the Third Impression. hardcover. Good. 7x5x1.

London: Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Bk Club ed.. Clean hardcover book in nice dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name and date neatly penned on front free endpaper. No other writing or marks. Some dust speckling to text block edges. Contains 8 superb full color photogravure platesand 16 pages of monochrome reproductions. 328 pages with Glossary. Dust jacket is quite clean, has one tiny (dried pea size) edge chip, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6th impression. Quite nice, just very light use.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. VERY SLIGHTLY COCKED SPINE. ASIDE FROM LIBRARY MARKINGS, FREE FROM WRITING IN SECURE BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. Readers Union Edition. Hard Cover. Used; Very Good. British book club edition has color and b/w photos; 328 pp/ including glossary. Story of the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. They were the first to reach the summit.

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.: Mountaineers Books, 1993 soft cover in very good +,name at top of first blank page. Soft cover. Very Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Third printing of January, 1954 after the first of November, 1953. Light shelf wear to the book which is cocked; more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket which has four closed tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Born in the Himalayan town of Simla in 1910 Hunt took up mountaineering as a youngster in the Alps. Posted back to India at the age of twenty-one he took part in several Himalayan expeditions through the 1930's and during the post war period. Under his leadership Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit. He and Hillary were made knights in one of Queen Elizabeth's first acts on monarch. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, (London): 1953., 1953 pp. xx, 299, + Plus plates. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original worn and chipped dust jacket. Inked ownership. Slight soiling on a few leaves. NH 2 0.0. Hardcover.

London.: Hodder & Stoughton., 1953.. First edition.. Hard cover. . Fine copy in very good (light shelf wear, sunning) dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Illustrated in black, white and color.

Melbourne, Australia: William Heinemann, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A.J. Veilhan (Line Drawings & End-Papers). Text/Bright & clean w/open hinge to pg 108. Blue linen boards/VG w/short lesions to lower spine edge, and showing discoloration to spine & surface. No Jacket. Upper text edge dyed blue. Memoir of Wilfrid Noyce, team member of the 1953 9th British Expedition, lead by Sir John Hunt (Foreword), in which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing scale Everest. This is the memoir of Wilfrid Noyce in scaling South Col which lies between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the first and fourth highest mountains in the world. It is a final stepping stone for climbers approaching Everest from the southeast ridge in Nepal. Wilfrid Noyce and the Sherpa Annullu were the first climbers on the expedition to reach the Col. Sir John Hunt recorded: "It was 2.40 p.m. Wilfrid Noyce and his companion Annullu stood at that moment above the South Col of Everest, at about 26,000… Read More

London Uk: Hiodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xx, 300 Pp. Blue Cloth. Stated Second Printing. Near Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced 25/.