AN INNOCENT ON EVEREST
by Izzard, Ralph
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
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About This Item
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Bi-color marbelized boards/VG; strong & sound w/small pushes to lower corners, & discoloration to edges. DJ/Good; w/faint creasing & losses to edges; under mylar. Superb travelogue. Anthology of essays, some news reports, by correspondent of the London Daily Mail Ralph Izzard, on exploratory trips into Himalayan country, prior to the arrival of the advance party of the official British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953, with a concluding essay written after Everest was conquered. The 11 chapters are: I, That Mountain; II, Nepal; III, Nepal Again; IV, To Work; V, My Own Preparations; VI, I Set Off; VII, Namche Bazar, the Sherpa Capital; VIII, Advance to Everest & Retreat; IX, That Abominable Snow Man; X. Return to Katmandu; and, XI, Climaz.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007618
- Title
- AN INNOCENT ON EVEREST
- Author
- Izzard, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Anthology/Journalism/Travelogue. Mountaineering/Everest/British Mount Everest Expedition 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering/Rock Climbing;
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