1954 First Edition of The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt – SOLD

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The Conquest of Everest, by Sir John Hunt. With Chapter on Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. New York 1954, First American Edition.

spine view of a 1954 First edition copy of The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt

The official account of the first ascent of Mount Everest. The book is in Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. The black and colour photography throughout is outstanding. Tan cloth spine, blue cloth boards with white embossed illustration of Mount Everest on top front cloth board, 8 colour pages and 48 in black and white, 300 pages (including index) with maps and sketches throughout.

1954 First edition copy of The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt color photograph page 204


Synopsis from Goodreads:

Sir John Hunt, leader of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, tells the complete and authoritative story of the first successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest. He explains all the preparations for the climb and the lessons learned from earlier failed expeditions. Sir Edmund Hillary himself writes a chapter on the final assault on the summit of Everest. The book includes 56 pages of photographs.

Hunt led the ninth British expedition to Everest in 1953, with New Zealand mountaineer Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit on May 29, 1953.

1954 First edition copy of The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt pg 258 and 259


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