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Hillary Edmund

High Adventure. With Maps by A. Spark and Sketches by George Djurkouic. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; IN FULL MOROCCO

Hodder & Stoughton, 1955

1104.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1955
Author
Hillary Edmund
Publishers
Hodder & Stoughton
Keyword
sporting, mountaineering, climbing, rock sports, everest, himalayas, hillary, edmund hillary, john hunt
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 70 plates on 32, numerous line illustrations (a number full-page) and several full-page maps in the text, title and following few leaves lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [E. P. HILLARY] ON TITLE. Hillary's climbing autobiography with Everest 1953 as its climax. Neate 369.
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