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New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0670331724 . A bright first American edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition, lightly bumped tips, spine a little soiled in alike dust-jacket. Laid in errata slip. With the late signature of author Sir Edmund Hillary directly on the… Read more about this item

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [1966]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first edition /first printing with slightly bumped corner and very small stains to end papers, in alike clipped dust-jacket with lightly sunned spine, moderate rubbing to edges, and minimal chipping. This well conserved bright yellow, cloth… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in Very Good condition with some rubbing and broken hinges in a Good+ dustjacket with tearing and chpping; Rocky Mountains is a beautifully written, lyrical book about a young boy's journey through the Rocky Mountains. The boy, age 10, is… Read more about this item

London: Max Parrish & Co LTD. Very Good+. 1949. Hardcover. Nice publication in Very Good+ condition, lightly bumped corners and sunning to the top edges; This book is a collection of photographs of various mountain ranges around the world. The author, Frank S. Smythe, has spent a great deal of time travelling and exploring these ranges, and… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Cloth. Very Good+ condition, lightly frayed edges, previous owner's book label on front end paper. In Very Good, chipped dustjacket; This book is a compilation of photographs from the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research's expedition to Mount Everest in 1975. The… Read more about this item

New York: Chanticleer Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Attractive edition in Very Good+ condition, offsetting to endpapers in little torn dustjacket; This book is a guide to mountaineering with a color camera. It covers the basics of technical climbing, field photography, and color management. The book is written for beginning mountaineers… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition in Very Good+ condition, sunning to the edges and spine in a Very Good-, clipped and little chipped dust-wrapper; This memoir tells the story of a young man's journey from the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Harpersanfrancisco. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0062516876 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Jamling Norgay Tenzing and co-author Broughton Coburn directly on the title page; As Climbing Leader of the famed 1996 Everest IMAX expedition led by David… Read more about this item

Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0740729500 . A beautiful edition, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary "E. P Hillary". Book and dust jacket are in As New condition; When 33-year-old New Zealand beekeeper Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa climbing partner Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt. Everest on… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: National Geographic. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0792275381 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with notation to front panel and minor; In 1924, two British climbers, Edward Whymper and Noel Odell, set out to climb Mount Everest. Odell was the first… Read more about this item

Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Association. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939666871 . A stunning first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED with bear sketch by author Robert D. San Souci and illustrator Daniel San Souci; Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring… Read more about this item

New York: The Derrydale Press. Fine. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most attractive unnumbered review copy of a first edition limited to nine hundred and fifty copies, printed by Eugene V. Connett on laid paper. About Fine condition in original cloth, bright gilded labels, slightly rubbed along spine; "Those who hunt after the fashion of… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0698106490 . An attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with waterstain on inside; A magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0698106490 . A very attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; A magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the great adventurers of the last… Read more about this item

Auckland: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0908821093 . A most handsome first New Zealand edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper, minute bumping. Signed by author E. P. Hillary directly on the title page; Hillary looks back on that 1953 landmark expedition, as well as his remarkable explorations in… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395139449 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, slightly bumped corners in gently rubbed dust-jacket with one inch closed tear to upper back; After his Walk through Britain, John Hillaby covered some 1,300 miles in 67 days. Reading… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very attractive first American edition/first printing in Fine condition in Very Good+ dustjacket with minimal chipping and few minor tape reinforcements inside dustjacket. SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary directly on the title page; The… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340224606 . An attractive Fine first UK edition/first printing, signed by author Edmund Hillary directly on the title page in Near Fine dustjacket exhibiting little sunning and chipping around edges; Hillary's encounter with the tiger of the Sunderbans, Hindu holy men… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor rubbing and small closed tear in back. This copy signed by author Edmund Hillary directly onto the title page; Sir Edmund Hillary's personal… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. N.D.. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A beautiful first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dustjacket exhibiting brilliant color. Only slight rubbing of book corners and spine and small tear at back top corner of dustjacket; "The dramatic, often amusing story of… Read more about this item