The Ascent of Everest
Author:
HUNT, JOHN
Title:
The Ascent of Everest
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton 1953
Description:
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 300pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to base of spine & boards, moderate fading to blue at top page edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in clear plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor water damage to base of spine, sl tanning & soiling, luight tanning & foxing to flaps)
Keywords:
signed first editions adventure exploration mountaineering mountain climbing Mount Everest Sir John Hunt