The Ascent of Everest.

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(London 1953). 8vo. Orig.cloth. In defective dustjacket. (xx300pp.). With col. frontisp. 55 full-page plates of which 7 are col. text-illusts. and 3 full-page maps. 1st edition. NOTE: An account of the first successful climb of Mt. Everest in 1953 by the leader of the expedition.