(HUNT, John.) The Ascent of Everest.

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A Limited Edition. 1 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. Loosely inserted is a Times Newspaper article from December 1999, entitled “Symbols of faith on Mount Everest”. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1993.

A fine copy and notable Collector’s piece for Mountaineering enthusiasts. The 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest will be celebrated in 2023.

Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

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A Limited Edition. 1 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. Loosely inserted is a Times Newspaper article from December 1999, entitled “Symbols of faith on Mount Everest”. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1993.

A fine copy and notable Collector’s piece for Mountaineering enthusiasts. The 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest will be celebrated in 2023.

Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

A Limited Edition. 1 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. Loosely inserted is a Times Newspaper article from December 1999, entitled “Symbols of faith on Mount Everest”. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1993.

A fine copy and notable Collector’s piece for Mountaineering enthusiasts. The 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest will be celebrated in 2023.

Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.