John Hunt: 'The Ascent of Everest', London, Hodder & Stought...

Hammer

£250

John Hunt: 'The Ascent of Everest', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, 1st edition, signed by the author and leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest, John Hunt (1910-1998) to title page in blue ink, 8 colour plates from photographs plus 48 full page b/w ills. from photographs and maps/ills. in text as called for, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by William Heaton Cooper (a superb example of the dust wrapper which is often toned/worn, 25/- price intact); together with a copy of the official lecture booklet/programme produced for the subsequent Lecture Tour by members of the team which made the succesful first ascent of Everest 1953, printed by Vail & Co. Ltd, London, [20]pp, ills. from b/w photos throughout, orig. pictorial wraps; plus a copy of The Times The First Ascent of Mount Everest Supplement, July 1953, 32pp, illustrations from photos throughout, and a Tuesday, June 2, 1953 copy of the Daily Mail, with Everest ascent headline and ill. from photograph of Edmund Hillary to front page; plus a 2003 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest The Times/Royal Geographical Society special supplement, 47pp, and John Hunt: 'Our Everest Adventure', Brockhampton Press, 1954, 1st edition, 127,[1]pp, b/w ills. from photos throughout, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper