THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST

E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954

112.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Details

Year of publication

1954

Place of printing

New York

Author

Hunt

Publishers

E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.

Edition

FIRST EDITION, WITH COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS ISSUED IN INDIA

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition published in the United States, the English edition was published under the title The Ascent of Everest. This copy with two commemorative postage stamps in mint condition, issued in India with scenes of Everest, tipped onto the dedication page. Extensively illustrated with 48 photographs in black and white and 8 in colour and additionally, with several drawings. AND WITH A CLIPPING showing President Eisenhower congratulating Edmund Hillary with John Hunt looking on. 8vo, publisher’s original tan cloth over blue paper covered boards, the spine with aa light blue label printed in dark blue, the upper cover with a pictorial illustration of Everest. xx, 300 (with index), collation and pagination the same as the English first edition. A fine and very appealing copy, internally as fresh and clean as one could hope to find, the binding with only very minor mellowing or evidence of age. A pleasing survival.