Hunt, John
The Ascent of Everest
£4,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First edition, 8vo, signed on the title-page by Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, John Hunt, George Lowe, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott, Tom Bourdillon & George Band, original blue cloth, accompanied by a Royal Geographical Society and Alpine Club ticket to a talk, "Challenge of Everest", on Wednesday 29th May 1963; Gregory, Alfred The Picture of Everest. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.] 4to, original Japanese vellum, some soiling to covers (2)