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Conquest of Everest

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND EXPEDITION MEMBERS GEORGE LOWE AND CHARLES EVANS

(HILLARY, Edmund) HUNT, John. The Conquest of Everest. New York, 1954.

First American edition of the official account of the first summit of Mount Everest, signed on the front free endpaper by Edmund Hillary and expedition members George Lowe and Charles Evans, and with a commemorative postcard signed by Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay and author John Hunt laid in. With eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and a number of in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. $4900.

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Ascent of Everest. WITH: Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Sir Edmund Hillary

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND TWO OTHER "EVERESTERS"

(HILLARY, Edmund, et al.) HUNT, John. The Ascent of Everest. WITH: Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Sir Edmund Hillary. London, 1953. Together, two volumes.

First edition, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and a number of in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches, signed on the front free endpaper by Sir Edmund Hillary and fellow Everest climbers George Band and George Lowe. Together with the printed program for Edmund Hillary's 2008 memorial service held at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, additionally signed on the front cover by Everesters George Lowe, George Band, Mike Westmacott and Alfred Gregory—the last surviving members of the famed 1953 expedition at the time. $4500.

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High in the Thin Cold Air

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY

HILLARY, Edmund and DOIG, Desmond. High in the Thin Cold Air. Garden City, 1962.

First edition of this account of the 1960-61 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition, signed by Hillary on the title page. Illustrated with 36 pages of color and eight pages of black-and-white photographs. $600.

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