Search Results: The Ascent Of Everest by Sir John Hunt

[London] : Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 299 p. illus. 23 cm. Subject; Mount Everest Expedition, 1953.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. 1st ed. thus. New book. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 280pp., frontis., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, Anniversary edition, one of a Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Text illusts. by Charles Evans. New foreword by The Duke of Edinburgh. Facsimile signatures of all 15 members of the team on end paper. Shrink-wrapped in original slipcase as issued

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. With tipped-in signature on front endpaper. Pages clean and bright, previous owner bookplate on front endpaper, boards and binding tidy, chipping to edges of dust jacket, foxing on inside of dust jacket.. Tipped in Signature. Hard. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 Signed on the title page by the author. The book is internally very good subject to some tanning to the inside covers/end papers, top edge of textblock dusty with spotting elsewhere, binding firm, cover reasonably bright. The dj (unclipped) has significant wear, fading to the spine and fraying to the edges.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1953. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Evans. Foreword/faux signature by Prince Phillip, H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Chapter 16 by Sir Edmund Hillary and appendices by members of the expedition. Book has blue boards, gilt text on spine only. Unclipped (25/-net), wrap-around DJ by W. Heaton Cooper. 232 pp. plus: Appendix I Diary of the Expedition September 1952 - June 1953 compiled by Wilfred Noyce, Appendix II Preparations for the Everest Expedition, 1953 Organization, Appendix III Memorandum Everest, 1953 Basis for Planning ( The Ascent, The Preparatory Period, The Expedition Timetable), Appendix IV notes on Certain Items of Equipment by Charles Wylie, Appendix V Oxygen Equipment T.D. Bourdillon [signatory], Appendix VI Diet By Griffith Pugh and George Band [signatory], Appendix VII Physiology and Medicine By Griffith Pugh and Michael Ward[signatory], Appendix VIII Everest 1953 Assault Load Tables, Appendix IX… Read More