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Wood, Sharon Rising: Becoming the First North American Woman on Everest
2020 US 1st, 8vo, pp.237, photo frontis, 12 color photos, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27689 $24.95
On May 20, 1986, high on Everest, Sharon Wood was ready to give up. Snow plumes swirled off the summit ridge and spilled down the North Face, engulfing her. A four-hundred-foot high rock wall, the crux of the Hornbein Couloir, loomed above―impossible. Then Wood’s partner, Dwayne Congdon, handed her [read more]
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Younghusband, Sir Francis Everest: The Challenge
1936 Nelson London 2nd, prtg, 8vo, pp.ix, 243, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, 3 maps, map eps, green cloth; cloth rubbed, spot on back cover, vg. #11737 $35.00
Everest through the 1936 attempt, Nanga Parbat, Kamet, Trisul, Nanda Devi, and early Himalayan pilgrims. This second printing contains a new account of the 1936 expedition. Neate Y28, SB Y10, Yak Y18.[read more]
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Younghusband, Sir Francis Everest: The Challenge
1936 Nelson NY 1st, 8vo, pp.ix, 243, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, 3 maps, map eps, green cloth; dj chipped, unclipped, good, cloth frontis loosening, bookplate, tight, fine #12134 $95.00
Everest through the 1936 attempt, Nanga Parbat, Kamet, Trisul, Nanda Devi, and early Himalayan pilgrims. This is the second US copy I’ve seen with the jacket priced in UK Pounds.
Neate Y28, SB Y10, Yak Y18.[read more]
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Younghusband, Sir Francis The Epic of Mount Everest: The Historic Account of Mallory’s Expeditions
2000 UK rep, 8vo, pp.xviii, 254, 16 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps; fine #11736 $5.00
A summary of the first three British expeditions to Everest by one of the major organizers. Neate Y27, SB Y09, Yak Y15.[read more]
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