Bidspirit auction | Hunt, John.

Hunt, John. - The Ascent of Everest.. Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton. 1st edition, (Hardcover) Very good, Fine dust jacket. xx, 300pp. Octavo. Eight colour plates and B&W plates (both sides) from photos and illustrations from drawings (including maps). In original blue cloth and dust jacket. 300 pp, 48 plates, colour and black and white illustrations, with dust jacket. Size: 20.6 x 15.5 cm (8 x 6 inches) Good condition Provenance: Keywords: Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1953, The official account of the successful Everest expedition of 1953 led by the author, on which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the top.