AN INNOCENT ON EVEREST
Izzard, Ralph
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, NY, 1954
Condition: Near Fine
Hardcover
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Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Bi-color marbelized boards/VG; strong & sound w/small pushes to lower corners, & discoloration to edges. DJ/Good; w/faint creasing & losses to edges; under mylar. Superb travelogue. Anthology of essays, some news reports, by correspondent of the London Daily Mail Ralph Izzard, on exploratory trips into Himalayan country, prior to the arrival of the advance party of the official British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953, with a concluding essay written after Everest was conquered. The 11 chapters are: I, That Mountain; II, Nepal; III, Nepal Again; IV, To Work; V, My Own Preparations; VI, I Set Off; VII, Namche Bazar, the Sherpa Capital; VIII, Advance to Everest & Retreat; IX, That Abominable Snow Man; X. Return to Katmandu; and, XI, Climaz. Seller Inventory # 007618
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Title: AN INNOCENT ON EVEREST
Publisher: E.P. Dutton, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition, First Thus
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