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This autobiography interweaves the stories of the famous father and son adventurers, their separate impressions of the lives they have lived with one another and apart, and their pioneering expeditions to the top of the world
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Ascent: Two Lives Explored; Sir Edmund & Peter Hillary
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This autobiography interweaves the stories of the famous father and son adventurers, their separate impressions of the lives they have lived with one another and apart, and their pioneering expeditions to the top of the world. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 ? 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Seller Inventory # SKU2010027024
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Ascent: Two Lives Explored The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1986
ISBN 10: 0385198310
ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Ascent Two Lives Explored: The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund & Peter Hillary
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Ascent: Two Lives Explored : The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
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Doubleday, 1986
ISBN 10: 0385198310
ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Ascent: Two Lives Explored: The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1986
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ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First U.S. edition, stated. Remainder spray to bottom page edges, else unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $18.95); chipped and edgeworn; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 005535
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Ascent
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ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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ASCENT: TWO LIVES EXPLORED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF SIR EDMUND AND PETER HILLARY
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Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1986
ISBN 10: 0385198310
ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. The father and son team of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary became well known for scaling Mt. Everest. In this book, the two remarkable men interweave theri separate impressions of the fascinating lives they have lived with one another and apart, sharing their successes of 3 decades of high-altitude climbing around the world. Included are photographs and index. This copy is clean and solid. Seller Inventory # 000759
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Ascent: Two Lives Explored: The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0385198310
ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover, 223 pp., color photos, 4 maps, unclipped illustrated jacket. First U.S. Edition stated. A book in excellent condition, jacket with small rubbing mark and very minor soiling on the rear panel. "Father and son, Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary are an unusual breed -- adventurers, explorers, extraordinary athletes, and rugged individualists.". Seller Inventory # 027818
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ASCENT : Two Lives Explored : The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
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Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1986
ISBN 10: 0385198310
ISBN 13: 9780385198318
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Hardcover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/edge wear. Brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to lower text edge. Bookdealer sticker to rear cover verso. Mountaineering adventures. Autobiography/memoir of father, Sir Edmund Hilliary (1919 - 2008), and son, Peter Hillary (1953 -), first father/son duo to ascent Everest. First published 1984, UK, under the title: Two Generations (1984). Seller Inventory # 010589