East of Everest: An Account of the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. True account of the next mountain adventure taken by Hillary & Lowe--both of whom has been members of Sir John Hunt's victorious conquest of Mt. Everest in 1953--their exploration of the Barun Valley in the Himalayas with the New Zealand Alpine Club in 1954. Hardcover small 4to has intense blue cloth-covered boards decorated in gilt to front, gilt lettering to spine, in 70 pages of text followed by 48 pages containing photogravure illustrations taken by the team. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, undated (c. 1955), this book is from a single sportsman's library, & he has pasted a triple exposure print of himself in a mountain in San Diego County inside the front cover from 1952/53; his name & address appears in red pen on facing page (ffep). Otherwise, the book is Near Fine: completely clean & unmarked, with modest tanning, heavier to edges & endpapers.Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $5.00 price intact) is VG: bright & colorful with mild chipping to corners & both ends of spine, light soil, spine tanning, a short tear at top edge of front cover, & rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.