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1953 Signed Edmund Hillary First Edition High Adventure Mount Everest Book + D/w (1 of 4)
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1953 Signed Edmund Hillary First Edition High Adventure Mount Everest Book + D/w

REF: ES1599-NL71 / LA481853
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Description
High Adventure by Edmund Hillary Published for Hodder & Stoughton, London 1953 Signed First Edition Hardback bound in the original publishers cloth binding with the original price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Edmund Hillary to front endpaper, numerous full page illustrations. The book measures approx 8.5" x 6 inches with 224 pages.
measurements
Height:
8.5 in
Width:
6 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1953 Signed Edmund Hillary First Edition High Adventure Mount Everest Book + D/w (LA481853) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1953
condition
Some minor chipping to jacket at top & bottom of spine & top front right corner, few minor marks to rear of jacket, some dark lines to cloth cover, light browning to endpapers with a few marks to rear endpapers, occasional foxing mostly to page fore-edges. Overall a very good copy. Dust jacket has a clear removable covering that does show some reflections in images.
location
This 1953 Signed Edmund Hillary First Edition High Adventure Mount Everest Book + D/w is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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