Hunt (John).

Hunt (John). Hunt (John). The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, first edition, first impression, signed by 13 members of the expedition, photographic frontispiece and plates, illustrations, a few small spots but otherwise fine condition internally, original cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, dust jacket, torn with loss at head of spine, other chips and small tears to extremities, spine sunned, some dust soiling. Signed by: John Hunt, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, George Band, Michael Westmacott, Wilfrid Noyce, Sir Edmund Hillary, Charles Wylie, Charles Evans, Michael Ward, Griffith Pugh, Nawang Gombu Sherpa, and Tenzing Norgay. Copies are rarely signed by so many members of the expedition, and the signatures of Tenzing Norgay and Nawang Gombu Sherpa are particularly uncommon. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, first edition, first impression, signed by 13 members of the expedition, photographic frontispiece and plates, illustrations, a few small spots but otherwise fine condition internally, original cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, dust jacket, torn with loss at head of spine, other chips and small tears to extremities, spine sunned, some dust soiling

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