Sir John Hunt. First American edition, later printing. BCE. Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket in a mylar protective wrapper. Jacket has some chipping on spine and edges. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1954. Former owner signature on inside cover. Otherwise, no writing or markings in the book, 300 pp. Includes a chapter by Sir Edmund Hillary. With no price on inside flap most likely means it's a book club edition. Contains 8 colored and 48 black/white photographs as well as maps, sketches and drawings.
The complete, authoritative and deeply moving story of the momentous conquest of Mount Everest by Sir John Hunt's British Expedition, including Sir Edmund Hillary who gives his own personal account of the final assault on the summit. In his Foreword, H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh writes: "In the human terms of physical effort and endurance alone, it will live in history as a shining example to all mankind."
