First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1934
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New ZealandPhoenix Books NZ
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First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 by Air Commodore P. F. M. FELLOWES. Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1934, First Edition, 5th impresssion. Very good hardback, no jacket. Comes with original 3D spectacles (for viewing anaglyph plate p222) in rear pocket. Cloth boards are faded, rubbed, marked, and bumped. Small tear to cloth at top of spine. Signature in pencil, inside front board. Binding firm, pages very good with a little foxing. 279 pages with photos and illustrations. Fold out maps and diagrams, tissue overlays to p32, and p58 all in very good condition. The first Mount Everest flight expedition was undertaken by Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre in April 1933. They took off on an open cabin flight at 8:25 am on 3 April from Lalbalu Airfield and returned at 11:30 marking it as the first successful flight over Everest. The first expedition could not obtain clear photographs because of dust. They made another attempt on April 19, 1933, the pictures of which assisted Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mount Everest. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933
- Author
- Air Commodore P. F. M. FELLOWES
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
- Publication year
- 1934
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Aviation, Exploration/Expedition/Adventure
Phoenix Books NZ
Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
AbeBooks seller since July 6, 2016
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