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Conquest of Everest

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND THE AUTHOR, WITH ADDED FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY "DICK TRACY" CARTOONIST RICHARD LOCHER

(HILLARY, Edmund) HUNT, John. 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 author Sir John Hunt, leader of the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest; on the same page is a charming full-page color drawing of a smiling mountaineer in climbing gear near a summit, done by cartoonist Dick Locher. $4200.

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High Adventure

HIGH ADVENTURE, SIGNED BY HILLARY AND EIGHT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC 1953 EVEREST EXPEDITION

HILLARY, Edmund. High Adventure. London, 1955.

First edition of Hillary’s account of his life as a mountain-climber, signed on the title page and eight other members of the 1953 Everest expedition, the first to reach the summit: John Hunt, George Lowe, Charlie Wylie, Alfred Gregory, Jan Morris, Michael Westmacott, George Band and Michael Ward. $4000.

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