The Picture of Everest. A book of full-colour reproductions of photographs of the Everest scene . . . With an introduction by Sir John Hunt.
Book Description
First edition. Small 4to. pp. [96]; numerous full-page colour photo. illusts.; good in the original cloth, gilt, in d.-w., which is faded on spine and chipped to extremities. Loosely inserted is a folded sheet, with letterhead of the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, 6 Albuquerque Road, New Delhi, with the original signatures of the Everest 1953 team: Hunt, Gregory, Stobart, Hillary, Westmacott, Band, James Morris, Noyce, Lowe, Ward, Tenzing, Pugh, Wylie and Evans (a later signature; Bourdillon did not sign).
Dealer Notes
Neate G62; Yakushi G261; Perret 2048; S & B G14. Gregory was the official photographer on the 1953 Everest expedition, which made the first ascent of the mountain. This copy contains a sheet signed by most members of the team (lacking Bourdillon), including the Hillary and Tenzing who made the first ascent.
Author
Gregory, Alfred.
Date
[1954]
Binding
Original cloth in dust-wrapper
Publisher
London: Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
See description
Pages
pp. [96]
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