The Ascent of Everest.

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HUNT, John.

The Ascent of Everest.

The Ascent of Everest.

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Stock Code 106193

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953

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First edition. An account of the successful British expedition led by Hunt in 1953, the first ascent of the highest mountain in the world.

First edition. 8vo (23 x 16 cm), xx, 299pp., numerous illustrations after photographs (8 in colour), 3 maps and several other illustrations in the text; publisher's blue cloth gilt, slight foxing to the fore-edge, original pictorial dust wrapper, minor wear to the extremities; overall a very good copy.

Neate H135; Yakushi H269a.
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