View from the Summit
Author(s):
Hillary, Edmund
Copyright: 1999, Easton Press, Norwalk
Specifications: 1st thus Collector’s Ed, 8vo, pp.309, photos, map, silk page ribbon, silk eps, aeg, full leather binding
Condition: signed on signature page, issued w/o dj, new, shrinkwrapped, boxed
Hillary’s autobiography includes not only his early climbs but also after climbing Everest and crossing Antarctica. This is a thoughtful and honest reappraisal of a life spent pushing the human ability to its limits and relishing the challenges thrown down by the elements.
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