HIGH IN THE THIN COLD AIR. The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by the World Book Encyclopedia.
Book Description
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. 8vo. ix+254pp. 22 plates in colour and black and white, 2 maps and illustrated map of Tibet on the endpapers. SIGNED BY HILLARY ON THE TITLE PAGE. Grey cloth. Fine. In fine dust jacket.
Describes Hillary’s two part mission to find the Abominable Snowman and to discover how ordinary men could survive a winter at high altitudes.
Author
Hillary, Sir Edmund; Desmond Doig.
Date
1962
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Condition
Fine
Pages
ix+254pp
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