Search Results: the ascent of everest by hunt sir john

William Heinemann, 1954. Hardcover. 6/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 303 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding is slightly shaky, pages slightly loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

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 & Stoughton, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. First Edition. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stoughtonr . A vg copy, no markings, with sticker to f.e.pastedown stating: J.G.M. Davies, Ty-Twt 68A Lennard Road, London S E 20. 13th November 1953 From Ida for Christmas, 1953. Internally very clean, no markings, in a good plus binding which shows some sunning to the spine. Guaranteed condiiton. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1953.

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Diagrammatic. with index, appendices, glossary, eight pages in colour, and numerous other pages in black-and-white. Illustrated dust jacket (wraparound) with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This is the story of how, on 29th of May, 1953, 2 men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, inspired by an unflinching resolve, reach the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. -- Front fold over blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges and a little to the pages. A few marks to the text block edges. Gift inscription to the free front end page. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and some tears to the back strip edges. Rubbing of the remaining dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning of the back strip and handling marks… Read More

Paris, Amiot Dumont, 1953, 8vo brossura con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori (piccoli strappi) pp. 350 con numerose figure nel testo e tavole fotografiche fuori testo (Bibliothèque de l'Alpinisme) .

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Diagrammatic. XX, 300 pages with index, appendices, glossary, eight pages in colour, and numerous other pages in black-and-white. Illustrated dust jacket. the dustjacket is rubbed and chips with short tears across the top edge, and the heel of the spine, and on the rear of foldover crease. Offset canning of the front and rear free end pages, internally clean, and free of annotation. This is the story of how, on 29th of May, 1953, 2 men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, inspired by an unflinching resolve, reach the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. -- Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Diagrammatic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Mountaineering;… Read More

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

Melbourne: Heinemann, 1954.. 8vo. xx+303 pp. 48 pp of plates from photos; 4 colour plates; maps and drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth; spine lettering gilt. Very good in like dustwrapper..

William Heinemann, 1954T. hardcover. Good. 1.4000 8.5000 5.8000.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. Book. Illus. by Suzanna Taylor. Near Fine. Hardback. Readers Union. 8vo. 328 pages + numerous plates, b/w illustrations & coloured photographs. Original dust jacket, near fine, no loss, spine browned, in clear removable archival sleeve. Original hardback binding, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy in a very good jacket..

[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.

William Heinemann. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on half title page. (Mountaineering, Mount Everest)

Soft Cover. .. Avant-propos de S.A.R. le duc d¿Edimbourg, preface de Maurice Herzog. Paris. Amiot * Dumont. 1953. 21x16 cm. 350 págs. 24 láms. fotográficas fuera de texto, dibujos en texto, gráficos.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, d/j (v.g. some chipping/bumping in protective sleeve); blue cloth boards; gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time... We of the 1953 Everest Expedition are proud to share the glory with our predecessors.' Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh, chapter 16 by Sir Edmund Hillary and appendices by members of the expedition.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st (3rd imp). hardback. Very good, 1st edition (3rd impression, 2 months after 1st), d/j (v.g. some chipping/bumping in protective sleeve); blue cloth boards (some sunning and water damage on back); gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time... We of the 1953 Everest Expedition are proud to share the glory with our predecessors.' Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh, chapter 16 by Sir Edmund Hillary and appendices by members of the expedition.

Reader’s Union Hodder & Stoughton, London, U.K., 1955. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine/VG. 7 3/4 x 5 x 7/8. NON SMOKING STORE. MY LISTING INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK FOR SALE. Book NEAR FINE/ Dust Jacket Very Good. Seems to be unopened/unread. Boards and spine are navy cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has a few minor creases and has 4 small chips through the paper and one 3/8 inch tear. DJ spine is slightly age darkened and has a faint black mark. DJ slightly rubbed and dirtied at front and back folds. Book boards are not worn but have very slight turn-in on two corner tips, and one corner tip has slight dent but paper not broken. Top edge of spine is slightly dented but not broken. Boards have two faint dirt marks, but otherwise look new. Top edges of pages are navy, as issued, crisp and dark. Inside covers and on first free front end page are small faint brown age spots. All book pages are clean and tight. 3 sections Black/white and colour… Read More

London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition, 2nd Impression of 1953 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs (Various). Text/New & Bright. First Edition, 2nd Impression of Dec, 1953. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF w/trace edge rubs. DJ/NF; light edge wear & faint discoloration; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed blue. Frontis: Tenzin on Everest's summit, 29th May, 1953. Chronicle of the 1953 historic ascent of Mount Everest by leader of the British Expedition, Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt (1910 - 1998); Chapter 16 by new Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008) who, together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (1914 - 1986), reached the summit on May 29th, 1953. 300 pgs, color & b/w photos, 18 chapters in 6 parts: I, Background; II, Plannin; III, Approach; IV, Build-up; V, Assault; and VI, Aftermath, followed by 9 Appendices by members of the Expedition & Glossary. Fine copy.

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

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper, faint tape-marks on free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, , top and fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393.