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Keep Calm if You Can; round the world with the Hillary family
Hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: travel new zealand edmund hillary louise hillary specials
Two Generations
First edition, super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Edmund Hillary Peter Hillary New Zealand climbing mountaineering biography history Nepal
The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent
Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary
Small quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind stamped dolphin motif to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2013
KEYWORDS: George Lowe Huw Lewis-Jones Mount Everest first ascent mountaineering climbing Sir Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay photographic pictorial record history Chris Bonington Kenton Cool Peter Hillary Tom Hornbein Reinhold Messner Colin Monteath Jan Morris Norbu
Eternal Himalaya
first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 208pp+index ills.[b/w] NF (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to Edmund Hillary on half-title - Ed & June [*********] H[ari] & Bholi 13 August 198[6] ) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,laminate is bubbling and lifting,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.) inscribed by fellow Everest conqueror H.Ahluwalia and his wife to Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife
PUBLISHER: interprint new delhi 1982
KEYWORDS: history travel himalaya ahluwalia edmund hillary geography signed
Oltre Gli 8000
first edition 215pp [text in Italian] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (in ill.wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: leonardo da vinci editrice bari 1957
KEYWORDS: mountaineering history everest edmund hillary oltre gli
Naming for Power
first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 256pp FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim. - To Sir Edmund Hillary with respect & admiration & love Nassem Nov.95. ,a handwritten letter by author to Sir Edmund on hotel paper is loosely inserted) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy
PUBLISHER: linkbridge publishing new york 1993
KEYWORDS: business history naseem javed edmund hillary signed
Perly Architektury w Polsce
first edition inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary 144pp [text in Polish/English/German] ills.[col.] FINE (in glossy boards,inscr.to half-title - To Lady June and Sir Edmund with respect and best wishes Teresa Kazimierz Mokrysz Auckland 28.02.2007 ) unique association copy
PUBLISHER: videograf ii katowice 2004
KEYWORDS: architecture travel geography poland kazimierz edmund hillary
High in the Thin Cold Air; The Story of the Himalayan Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary
Ex library, octavo hardcover (VG-) with dustwrapper (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton
KEYWORDS: mountaineering himalayas sir edmund hillary desmond doig specials
View From the Summit
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Doubleday/Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history mountaineering sir edmund hillary autobiography first edition
High Adventure
with maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic
first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (pencil owner's name to fep, wear to boards, d/w marking to eps, foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (tanning and soiling, numerous chips and closed tears to extremities including upper edge of spine missing and large closed tear to front upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955
KEYWORDS: edmund hillary new zealand mountain climbing mountaineering sport adventure travel autobiography history
High in the Thin Cold Air
First edition, brown cloth boards with red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, VG (owner's inscription in ink to front pastedown, tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (tanning & scuffing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition Edmund Hillary Desmond Doig mountaineering Himalayas scientific expedition Yeti Abominable Snowman Sherpa people Mt Makalu high altitude research physiology acclimatisation
Harry Ayres: Mountain Guide
Octavo Hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1982
KEYWORDS: specials michael mahoney sir edmund hillary mountaineering mountain guide new-zealand harry ayres iceclimbing
View from the Summit
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography mountaineering climbing New Zealand
View from the Summit
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Corgi 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealand autobiography Mount Everest mountaineering memoir
The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
Stamped with 'Air New Zealand Antarctica Flights logo, dated signed & inscribed by Sir Edmund Hillary I enjoyed sharing our flight to the Antarctic 14/11/79. The next flight was 28/11/79 which tragically crashed into Mt Erebus, so this book was on the last successful flight. Super octavo, light blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, xvii + 338pp, illus, VG (slight tanning & fading to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to front pastedown, owner's name & address in ink to fep, sellotape residue stains to eps, moderate foxing throughout, annotation in ink (relevant) to page viii) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some foxing & tanning, bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Cassel & Co 1959
KEYWORDS: Sir Vivian Fuchs Sir Edmund Hillary Antarctica expedition Shackleton Base to Scott Base
High Adventure
Warm inscription to NZ poet Willow Macky signed & dated 1956 by Sir Edmund Hillary, octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (some fading to spine, slight tanning to page edges& eps, some light foxing, bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (slight tanning to spine, bruising & nicks to spine extems, 3cm untidy closed tear to rear flap lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955
KEYWORDS: Edmund Hillary A Spark George Djurkovic autobiography memoir mountaineering mountain climbing Everest
After Everest: Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary
Super Octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2012
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Little Sir Edmund Hillary biography history Mount Everest adventure Mountaineering Exploration New Zealand
The New Zealand Herald: Book of the Century: 100 Years in Review by New Zealand Herald Staff, Past and Present
Numbered limited edition signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, Small Folio, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 304 pp, illus, Nr Fine in slip case VG+ (some rubbing to case)
PUBLISHER: W & H Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edmund Hillary
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win
First edition, Octavo hardcover (VG) in dw/ (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: autobiography Edmund Hillary climbing exploration New Zealand memoir
Opposite Poles
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale / Whitcombe & Tombs 1963
KEYWORDS: sir edmund hillary south pole antarctic antarctica exploration mountaineering