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London: Book Club Associates. Good. 26 x 18.5cm. Hardcover. 1976. 239 pages. Previous owner's name written on endpaper. Foxing on t itle page. dj shelf wear. .

Book Club London 1976. 1976. Hardcover. Large 8vo. hardcover. 239pp. index, colour illus. Good, fep creased. / Good, chipped d/w. .

BCA, London 1976 hardcover, 10 1/2' x 7 1/2", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Gold to blue-cloth binding, photographic endpapers, full-colour frontis photo, 85 other colour photographs, 13 maps, 80pps appendices, and glossary. Bonington draws on first-hand accounts by his fellow-climbers, including the two first Britons to step on the top of Everest. Beautifully illustrated work.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 7.5 x 10.25; 238pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; newspaper magazine article loosely inserted; ex-library Keeler Ivan Pain - librarians card states Keelers have lent various medical instruments for this expedition in order to be tested in extreme conditions;.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. 1st edition, 4to, 239pp, frontis + cold & b/w photo illustrations, previous owner's initials lower corner of verso ffep, and some dust spotting to the inner of the jacket o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Book Club Associates, 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Includes illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0000201. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1976. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by Chris Bonington and Doug Scott. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A very good copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth with a few marks, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which is a little faded to the spine. Not price-clipped (£6.95 to the front flap). Signed on the title page by Doug Scott in black ink and Chris Bonington in blue ink. Christ Bonington's account of the first successful ascent of the Southwest Face of Mount Everest which he led in 1975 and saw Doug Scott and his climbing partner Dougal Haston become the first Britons to set foot on the summit. Five unsuccessful attempts at the Southwest Face route had previously been made, including another led by Bonington in 1972 which failed… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976. Octavo. Original blue cloth gilt. Dustwrapper. Pp. 239. Bonington's narrative of the first successful ascent of Everest via the south-west face, a route that had already defeated the five prior expeditions. The first summiteers, Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, became the first Britons to set foot on the top of Everest. The book details their route to the summit and describes how following their successful ascent, they bivouacked with exhausted supplemental oxygen supplies at 28,700 feet spending a 'night out in China' over the border ridge at the South Summit. Illustrated throughout. Top edge slightly faded else a near fine, tight, clean copy in slightly creased and rubbed dustwrapper which has a very short closed tear to the rear panel but is in very good condition at least. SIGNED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER 'best wishes John from DOUG SCOTT' and additionally by Bonington.… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976. Octavo. Original blue cloth gilt. Dustwrapper. Pp. 239. Bonington's narrative of the first successful ascent of Everest via the south-west face, a route that had already defeated the five prior expeditions. The first summiteers, Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, became the first Britons to set foot on the top of Everest. The book details their route to the summit and describes how following their successful ascent, they bivouacked with exhausted supplemental oxygen supplies at 28,700 feet spending a 'night out in China' over the border ridge at the South Summit. Illustrated throughout. Top edge slightly faded else a near fine, tight, clean copy in slightly creased and rubbed dustwrapper which has a very short closed tear to the rear panel but is in very good condition at least. SIGNED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER 'TO MICHAEL' BY DOUG SCOTT, CHARLES CLARKE AND DOUGAL HASTON.… Read More