sir john hunt (361 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slightly cocked, end-papers a bit discolored. Interesting to learn that their boots were lined with opossum fur.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1963 reprint. Edgewear to dj.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Pages unmarked, gentle wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. The binding is tight. Former owner's name on front free end paper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First American, Stated. 1954 First Am Ed. Blue/tan hb, no dj. Back cover damp-stained, does not affect interior. 300 pp, indexed. Highly illustrated with color and b/w photographs, with their own table of contents. Nonfiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. B & W ILLUSTRATIONS (illustratore). Copyright Date: 1909 OCTAVO, 2003, PP.129, A BOOK ABOUT WILD AND TENDED PLACES, B & W ILLUSTRATIONS.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Condizione sovraccoperta: Worn with tears and edge wear. unknown (illustratore). First Printing, January, 1954. The book is in fair condition, with a dust jacket that shows significant wear, including tears and edge wear. The binding is intact, ensuring the book's structural soundness. Internally, the pages are clean, with no inscriptions or markings, maintaining the book's readability and collectibility.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 3rd Printing. In this book, the author, leader of the British Expedition, gives the complete, authoritative, and deeply moving story of scaling the highest mountain on earth. 300 pages including index. Color frontispiece. B&W photos. Extremely light shelf wear. Terrific copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Photos (illustratore). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Photos (illustratore). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Photos (illustratore). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. VG/No Dj. Book Club Hb 300pp. Corners & ends of spine rubbed & chipped. Illus.; glossary; index. Owner bookplate fep.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. solid hardcover edition light wear seen overall good.

Magazine. Condizione: VG+ to Near Fine. Original Issue. The first importatnt documentation of the conquering of Everest. Two seperate articles with Map-diagram and 69 illustrations, 45 in natural colors. A collectible issue of this magazine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: VG+, Edgewear, Browning. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET. Revised Edition. A Penguin Handbook - PH61. Cover design by David Gentleman. 224 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. This story authored by Sir John Hunt is also the story of all the members of the team. There is a chapter of the final assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. The book contains 232 indexed pages, followed by Appendix I which is a diary of the expedition, Appendix II which outlines preparations for the expedition, Appendix III which is defined as the Memorandum or ultimate aim of the expedition, Appendix IV which contains notes on certain items of equipment, Appendix V contains information on Oxygen equipment, Appendix VI is diet, Appendix VII is physiology and medicine. There are eight full page color photos and many b/w photos plus b/w illustrations and maps. The condition is very good. The pages are clean and free of all marks, tears and folds. The decorative blue cloth cover is clean but has some numbers written in ink on the front. The binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Jacket is protected in a clear mylar cover. Wear to spine ends of Jacket and small piece missing from bottom of Jacket. Color photos. Tight binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. International Collectors Library publication with replica golden argonaut binding with genuine 24 K. gold lettering. 23 volumes spanning 30.5 inches. Colorful library collection. Fine to as new condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Photos (illustratore). Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any notations. Scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Dust jacket is wrapped in mylar. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Acceptable. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Very slight wear to gilt embossed hardboards, ribbon placemarker, slightly faded at tip; Very slight wear to gilt embossed hardboards, no markings, clean, straight and solid, gilt on top page edges, ribbon placemarker; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 300 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: vg. fine in fine dust jacket $6.00 price on flap.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 164 pages. Illustrated. Sir John Gielgud / The Thirty-Nine Steps / Philippa Pearce / Mrs Humphry Ward / Leigh Hunt / John Russell Fearn.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2nd Printing. 2nd printing. Very good in good jacket. 1/2 inch chip and other minimal loss along top jacket edge, ink name and date on front endpaper, endpapers faintly foxed. 1954 Hard Cover. xx, 300 pp. Color photographic frontispiece and plates, black-and-white drawings and maps. "Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, PC, CBE, DSO, (22 June 1910 - 8 November 1998) was a British army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest.Hunt was employed on the staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) when the surprise invitation to lead the 1953 British Everest expedition. It had been expected that Eric Shipton would lead the expedition, as he had led the (unsuccessful) British attempt on Cho Oyu the previous year from which the majority of the climbers were drawn. However, the Joint Himalayan Committee of the Alpine Club and Royal Geographic Society which oversaw British attempts on Everest decided that Hunt's military leadership experience and undoubted climbing credentials would provide the best hope for success. It was felt to be critical that this expedition should be successful as the French had permission to mount an expedition in 1954 and the Swiss in 1955, meaning that the British would not have another opportunity until 1956 at the earliest. Many members of the expedition felt a strong loyalty to Shipton, and were unhappy with his replacement. Edmund Hillary was one of those most opposed to the change, but was soon won round by Hunt's personality and frank admission that the change had been badly handled. Base Camp was established on April 12, 1953. The next few days were taken up with establishing a route through the Khumbu Icefall, and once opened, teams of Sherpas moved tons of supplies up the mountain. A succession of advanced camps were created, slowly forging higher up the mountain. By May 21, Wilfrid Noyce and Annullu had reached the psychological milestone of the South Col. Hunt had selected two climbing pairs to attempt the summit. The first pair (Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans) set out on May 26 but were forced to turn back after becoming exhausted high on the mountain. On May 27, the expedition made its second and final assault on the summit with the second climbing pair. The summit was eventually reached at 11:30 am on 29 May 1953 by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from Nepal (Norgay had previously ascended to a record mark on Everest with a Swiss expedition of 1952). News of the expedition's success reached London on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Returning to Kathmandu a few days later, they discovered that Hillary was made a KBE, and Hunt a Knight Bachelor for their efforts. He received his knighthood on his return to London, in July 1953. Further honours were showered on Hunt and the expedition team: the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society, the first time the medal was awarded on a collective basis, though individual bronze replicas were made for Hunt, Hillary and Norgay; the Founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society; the Lawrence medal of the Royal Central Asian Society; and honorary degrees from Aberdeen, Durham, and London universities.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Very Good. (3d ptg.) With Chapter on Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Tan cloth spine, blue cloth boards with white embossed illustration of Mount Everest on top front, 8 color pages and 48 in black and white, 300 lightly browned pages with maps and sketches throughout. DJ has color photo on front of mountain and two climbers, praise on back from William O. Douglas, James Ramsey Ullman, New York Times Book Review and others. DJ white back is lightly browned, nick at bottom front tip and spine top right edge, microtears at spine bottom edge, microtear at bottom back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Good+ book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Printing, Jan. 1954. 300pp., Biege cloth spine and panels, blue cloth binding. Spine has blue and and white title and author at head. 48 b&w photos, maps and drawings. With a chapter on the final assault by Sir Edmund Hillary.Owner's name on front endpaper. April 1954 written at bottom of title page. Slight wear. Photos sent on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.