8.5" (21.5 cm) Tall Ex-Library First American Edition Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges. Pages a bit off-white. Library markings at ffep, title, dedication, and last page of text. Pocket on rear endpaper. Tape stains on endpapers and blue cloth over boards. DJ has minor shelf wear; in new mylar sleeve. 204 pp. Account of author's adventures climbing Mount Makalu in the Himalayas with Sir Edmund Hillary. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/1430037.jpg

Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 199pp, 24pp b/w plates, 2 maps, a nice copy dust jacket rubbed at the edges. ~ 2nd impression. ~ Account of the 1960 expedition to conquer 27790ft Malaku. It cost the author his feet, most of his fingers & nearly his life. The expedition was led by Hillary.

Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 199pp, 24pp b/w plates, 2 maps, a nice copy dust jacket slightly rubbed at the edges. Christmas stamp stuck so as to cover price on dustjacket. ~ 2nd impression. ~ Account of the 1960 expedition to conquer 27790ft Malaku. It cost the author his feet, most of his fingers & nearly his life. The expedition was led by Edmund Hillary.