AMERICANS ON EVEREST, SIGNED BY MOUNTAINEERS NORMAN DYHRENFURTH AND JIM WHITTAKER
ULLMAN, James Ramsay. Americans on Everest: The Official Account of the Ascent Led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, (1964). Thick octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of the account of the first American expedition to reach the peak of Everest, with numerous color and black-and-white photographic plates, signed on the title page by two members of the American team: Norman Dyhrenfurth, the teamleader, and James Whittaker.
The expedition's official historian provides the tale of the team's stunning achievements: they not only gained the summit, but also became the first to do so via the challenging West Ridge. Neate 848. Bookplate of Richard Sale, the author of Everest and Conquest in the Himalaya.
Book with interior quite nice, a couple stray marks to cloth, and slight toning mark to head of spine. Dust jacket with vertical crease to rear flap and light wear mainly affecting top edges. A near-fine signed copy.