Everest: The Summit of Achievement Unknown - 2013

Paperback. Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-05-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.9977 in x 31.3762 in x 29.3777 in.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-05-09. Hardcover. Good. 2.9977 in x 31.3762 in x 29.3777 in.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-05-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.9977 in x 31.3762 in x 29.3777 in.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-05-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.9977 in x 31.3762 in x 29.3777 in. No Dust Cover

Bloomsbury, 2013. 252, col+b/w photos. 295x310mm. HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Keith Hyatt (d. 2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, and prominent member of the London Natural History Society, with his name to front endpaper.. With foreword by Edmund Hillary.This volume celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the 20th century to the present. It is the first and only book on the subject to benefit from complete access to the Royal Geographical Society's astonishingly rich collection of photographs, documents, and artifacts. Painstakingly selected from over 20,000 subjects, the 400 photographs record the surveying, planning, reconnaissance expeditions, and actual attempts that the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club jointly launched from 1921 - culminating in Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's historic climb on 29 May… Leer más

London: Royal Geographical Society / Bloomsbury Signed by the author on the title page. A crisp book in like dj. An imposing copy.