A Signed Limited Edition. One of 500 copies, produced to mark the 40th Anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, signed by ten surviving members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition: John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Alfred Gregory, Griffith Pugh Charles Evans, George Band, George Lowe, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Michael Westmacott.
8vo., Publisher’s half blue morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt titled to spine, gilt vignette to upper board, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, housed in the Publisher’s blue cloth Slipcase, colour photographic frontispiece, foreword by John Hunt, colour photographic frontis, black and white maps, profusely illustrated throughout, pp. xvi, 280. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1993.
A fine copy.
Accompanying the book are five pieces of associated ephemera:
1. ) The original Order Form for the book.
2.) An entrance ticket for the 1993 “Ascent of Everest 40th Anniversary Lecture” held at the Royal Geographical Society.
3.) A booklet produced by the Mount Everest Foundation entitled: “The 40th Anniversary Of The First Ascent Of Mount Everest”. The booklet lists the speakers at the 40th Anniversary Lecture held by the Royal Geographical Society. The booklet includes contributions from H.R.H. Prince Philip and The Dalai Lama.
4.) The original promotional flyer for the “40th Anniversary Exhibitions” held by the Royal Geographical Society.
5.) A 1993 postcard with an iconic image of Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on the South East ridge of Everest on the way to the highest camp at 28,000 feet. The postcard has been signed to the reverse by Alfred Gregory, the expedition’s Official Stills Photographer.
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
A Signed Limited Edition. One of 500 copies, produced to mark the 40th Anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, signed by ten surviving members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition: John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Alfred Gregory, Griffith Pugh Charles Evans, George Band, George Lowe, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Michael Westmacott.
8vo., Publisher’s half blue morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt titled to spine, gilt vignette to upper board, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, housed in the Publisher’s blue cloth Slipcase, colour photographic frontispiece, foreword by John Hunt, colour photographic frontis, black and white maps, profusely illustrated throughout, pp. xvi, 280. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1993.
A fine copy.
Accompanying the book are five pieces of associated ephemera:
1. ) The original Order Form for the book.
2.) An entrance ticket for the 1993 “Ascent of Everest 40th Anniversary Lecture” held at the Royal Geographical Society.
3.) A booklet produced by the Mount Everest Foundation entitled: “The 40th Anniversary Of The First Ascent Of Mount Everest”. The booklet lists the speakers at the 40th Anniversary Lecture held by the Royal Geographical Society. The booklet includes contributions from H.R.H. Prince Philip and The Dalai Lama.
4.) The original promotional flyer for the “40th Anniversary Exhibitions” held by the Royal Geographical Society.
5.) A 1993 postcard with an iconic image of Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay on the South East ridge of Everest on the way to the highest camp at 28,000 feet. The postcard has been signed to the reverse by Alfred Gregory, the expedition’s Official Stills Photographer.
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
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