Norton Lieutenant Colonel E F Members Expedition (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. New Edition. F/F. 8vo. original brown boards in dustwrapper priced £24; pp. xiv, 306 (last blank), with illustrations + maps. A fine copy of the new edition, containing previously unpublished material. [Neate N31: Norton took over the leadership of the 1924 expedition during which he climbed to a height of c. 28,100 ft without oxygen].

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. New Edition. F/F. 8vo. original brown boards in dustwrapper priced £24; pp. xiv, 306 (last blank), with illustrations + maps. A fine copy of the new edition, containing previously unpublished material. Flatsigned on half-title by the author's descendent, Christopher Norton, who oversaw the book's republication. [Neate N31: Norton took over the leadership of the 1924 expedition during which he climbed to a height of c. 28,100 ft without oxygen]. Signed by Contributor.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Fight for Everest: 1924, Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Norton, And Other Members of the Expedition. Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1925. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 372pp. with 32 plates from photographs, 8 of them in color, plus a folding map and folding panorama map. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. Black inked name and date of 1926 to free endpaper and light pencil notes to rear free endpaper. Contents are otherwise in very nice condition without tears, markings or folds. All maps and plates are accounted for and in fine condition. Front board has scratching near foredge and rubbing to edges; binding is secure and boards are square. A very collectible copy. The story of the third expedition to Everest by the surviving members of the team. Includes an account by Noel Odell of the disappearance of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine on the Northeast Ridge. Also contains the letters George Mallory sent to his wife from the expedition, as well as essays of physiology, natural history, geology, oxygen, photography and suggestions for future expeditions.