The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, 1951
R 120.00
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1952)
ISBN-13: N/A
Condition: Good. Some light rubbing to boards, and small bumps and chips to corners of boards. Some sunning and small stains to spine. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Some browning to pastedowns and free endpapers. Split to gutter between rear free endpaper and pastedown. Text and photos are clean and clear.
Binding: Hardcover without DJ
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 26.7 x 21 x 1.1cm
SKU: IZa2374
Weight: 0.6kg
Price: R120.00
Weight: 0.6 kg
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Please see photo for table of contents of book. This book charts the story of finding the new passage via the Khombou Ice Falls which has since become the standard route. Also come with several loosely inserted newspaper clippings from The Star newspaper from 1953 on the successful scaling of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
