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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of first USA edition. EX-LIBRARY book with usual library marks and card pocket at end. The book has tape marks on the covers where DJ had been taped, lower cover soiling, clean pages, complete with all pages and photos. The dust jacket has a spine sticker residue and a 1cm tear upper front. The book has 192 pages, 35 photos (6 in color), 2 maps. Many details of hands-on work for Hillary's Himalayan Trust, the trek to Namche Bazar & Everest region, visits with many Sherpa friends. Original greyish blue spine with navy lettering, pale blue paper covered boards. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Central Chinmaya Trust/Mumbai/india, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedAcceptable. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Pages are clean! The cover has visible markings and wear. Some corner dings. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Central Chinmaya Trust/Mumbai/india, 2009-08-01. 8th Re-Print. paperback. Very Good. Moderate wear D3

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. The book is in really nice condition with clean covers, no foxing, tight binding. There is a previous owner gift inscription on the short-title page, no other marks or writing on any pages. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with no tears, no chips, 100% complete. The book measures 24cm tall x 16cm, and has 254 pages, 89 color photos, 2 text illustrations, 7 maps, 10 appendices, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1979. Reprint . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PAPERBACK printing with transcripts from taped discussion of trip from on the mountain in 1953 (not in 1st edition) & additional material by members based on 25th reunion of team. LACKING the short-title page. That is the page that was the first page in the book = the page before the start of the foreword which precedes the title page. Only that one page is missing. It has no printed content other than the title on the front side and copyright on the back side. Slight crease mark upper front cover, generally clean, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, minor edge wear to spine. Book measures 208mm tall x 133mm, and has 394 pages, 36 b/w photos, 9 b/w portrait photos of team members, many Molenaar sketches, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Newton Abbot UK: Readers Union, 1979. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reader's Union edition with same contents as first edition but slightly smaller format. The book has no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, has tight binding, clean, no rubbing, small bump lower cover corners. The dust jacket is present and has some light rubbing, no chips, no tears. Book measures 219mm tall x 132mm, and has 286 pages, 28 b/w photos, 11 maps, index. Autobiography. Climbs in Himalaya, Caucasus, Karakoram, Alps, & elsewhere by the leader of the expedition that was probably the first atop Everest. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

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Cambridge, MA: Cultural Survival, Inc., (1989).. (1989).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled. The spine is rubbed with the head chipped. xiii & 170 pages. There are a few pencil markings in the text. Black-and- white illustrations. Very good. <p>Signed "Ann Forbes" by the author on the half-title.<p>The book examines how Tibetan exiles in Nepal have been able to preserve their heritage by maintaining their cultural identity and freely practicing their religion. The brief foreword is by the Dalai Lama.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA), Tribhuvan University, 1980., 1980.. Good. - Small quarto [11-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with a light ink mark to the front wrap. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & have been partially repaired with scotch tape. [3] leaves & 43 pages, mechanically reproduced. Illustrated with black-and-white charts. The printing of the 1-page foreword is somewhat light but readable. Good. CEDA Occasional Paper Series. "With the Compliments of CEDA" is stamped on the front wrap and the stamp of "Resource Conservation and Utilization Project Library" is on the verso of the title and on the bottom margin of page 29.

(Kathmandu, Nepal: Sahayogi Press, 1982)., 1982).. Good. - Small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial rust brown & white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped. The rear wrap is darkened & lightly soiled & the title is handwritten on the spine. [vii] & 214 pages. The publication date is circled in ink on the verso of the title. Black-and-white illustrations, tables & diagrams. Good.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1984).. (1984).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed, chipped & soiled with a piece out of the tail of the spine. vii, [i] & 199 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>The story of how an American couple, following a trek through the Himalayas, brought an eighteen-year- old Sherpa to Connecticut to be treated for tuberculosis.

Wakefield, RI and London: Moyer Bell 1993.. 1993.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial purple, black & white wraps. The wraps are very slightly bumped & rubbed. xliii, [1] leaf, 396 & [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 black-and-white maps. The top margin of the first leaf has been excised. Very good. <p>Reprint edition.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press / Kathmandu: Mandala Publications, (1989).. (1989).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed rust brown wraps. The wraps are bumped & lightly rubbed. There is a price-sticker on the rear wrap & its top corner is creased. xv, 202 & [1] pages plus colophon. The top page corners are bumped with creasing to the top corners of some rear leaves. Illustrated in black & white with maps & charts. Good. <p>A study of health care in Nepal, how it can be improved and the barriers to its improvement.

(Kathmandu: United Books, 2004)., 2004).. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], pictorial gray, black & white wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled with some very light staining to the rear wrap. Unpaginated. 49 black-and-white photographic illustrations by Lindy Lillelund with brief captions by Dubby Bhagat. Very good.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Sahayogi Press, 1984., 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & rubbed. There is stain probably left by a sticker on the front wrap. The rear wrap is darkened with some light staining & soiling, & the head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. [xii] & 275 pages. Illustrated in black & white with tables & with 20 folding maps & charts. Some page corners are lightly bumped, else the contents are very good. First edition.

(Paris): Unesco, (1984).. (1984).. Good. - Small quarto [8-5/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with light creasing to the corners of the rear wrap. 125 pages. Numerous black-and- white textual illustrations. The contents are very good. <p>The text is in French.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. ADVANCE PROOF COPY of First UK Edition. Original simple blue paper covers with black lettering front cover. The cover has staining to spine and cover edges, some loss at top of spine, clean text block, no owner writing or marks on pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book includes a loose revised title page & color frontispiece along with the preface by John Hunt (these were eventually used in the final version -- the one bound into the proof is a preliminary version). The book measures 215mm tall x 138mm and has 256 pages and 24 b/w illustrations, 9 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.