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A second impression of this exciting account of the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition in 1933, with illustrations. First edition, December 1933. Reprinted, December 1933. Illustrated with frontispiece and fifty-six plates from photographs, diagrams, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. Viewer for looking at the three dimensional photographs in rear pocket. A detailed account of the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition of 1933, with reference to technical planning, oxygen, strategy, tactics, objectives, and much more. Written by Air Commander P. F. M. Fellowes, L. V. Stewart Blacker, Colonel P. T. Etherton, Squadron Leader the Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale. With an account of the filming of the flight by Geoffrey Barkas. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original unclipped dustwrapper is sound with light chipping to the extremities and the odd closed tear. Minor loss to the head of the spine and the corners. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 867T53
Title: First Over Everest: The Houston-Mount ...
Publisher: John Lane at The Bodley Head, London
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: None
Condition: Very Good Indeed
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Book Type: book