Everest. The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour.

Gillman, Peter (editor); Hillary, Sir Edmund (foreword)

ISBN 10: 0316904899 / ISBN 13: 9780316904896

Edité par Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1993

A propos de cet article

HEAVY. 208pp, index, sources, bibliography, list of ascents (1953-92), num ills (most col). Black cloth in jacket. Short tear at top of each flap fold, otherwise only light edge wear to jacket. The authors and photographers represented range from the epic attemps of the 1920s and 1930s such as those of Finch and Somervell; through Edmund Hillary, Tom Hornbein and Peter Boardman and on to contemporary figures such as Bonnington, Doug Scott and Stephen Venables. Aslo includes the disputed Chinese ascent of 1960 and the enigma of the yeti. Size: 4to.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Everest. The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour.
• Éditeur: Little, Brown & Company, Boston
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0316904899
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780316904896
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Asia
  • Mountaineering, Caving, Arctic and Antarctic
  • SPORTS & RECREATION::Mountaineering

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Synopsis

A collection of photographs and writing about climbing Mount Everest. The authors and photographers range from climbers on the attempts in the 1930s, such as Edward Norton, through to Sir Edmund Hillary in the 1950s, contemporary figures such as Chris Bonington and Kurt Diemberger.

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Gillman is the author of ten books and is considered one of Britain's leading mountaineering writers. He is vastly experienced as a professional journalist working for the Sunday Times which enabled him to travel extensively throughout the worlds' five continents.