The Fight for Everest: 1924

Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton, And Other Members of the Expedition

Edité par Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1925

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The Fight for Everest: 1924, Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton, And Other Members of the Expedition. Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1925. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 372pp. with 32 plates from photographs, 8 of them in color, plus a folding map and folding panorama map. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. Black inked name and date of 1926 to free endpaper and light pencil notes to rear free endpaper. Contents are otherwise in very nice condition without tears, markings or folds. All maps and plates are accounted for and in fine condition. Front board has scratching near foredge and rubbing to edges; binding is secure and boards are square. A very collectible copy. The story of the third expedition to Everest by the surviving members of the team. Includes an account by Noel Odell of the disappearance of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine on the Northeast Ridge. Also contains the letters George Mallory sent to his wife from the expedition, as well as essays of physiology, natural history, geology, oxygen, photography and suggestions for future expeditions.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Fight for Everest: 1924
• Éditeur: Edward Arnold & Co., London
• Date de parution: 1925
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY
  • SCIENCE AND NATURE