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Rare and modern books

Howard-Bury, Charles And Mallory, George Leigh

Everest Reconnaisaance : The First Expedition of 1921

Hodder & Stoughton, 1991

13.75 €

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(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1991
ISBN
0340556021
Place of printing
London
Author
Howard-Bury, Charles And Mallory, George Leigh
Publishers
Hodder & Stoughton
Size
9.5 x 6.25 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
EVEREST, MOUNT (CHINA AND NEPAL), Himalayas, Mountaineering, Climbing
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one lower page corner, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 254pp. The story of the first expedition to climb the slopes of Everest which started the lengthy process towards eventual success thrity-two years later. Following the death of one member of the party and the retirement through illness of another, the bulk of the work of testing the mountain's defences was left to two men, George Mallory and Guy Bullock.