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Auction archive: Lot number 21

Printed Books, Maps & Documents

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$258 - US$387
Price realised:
£700
ca. US$904
Auction archive: Lot number 21

Printed Books, Maps & Documents

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$258 - US$387
Price realised:
£700
ca. US$904
Beschreibung:

High Adventure, 1st edition, 1955, colour frontispiece, maps and illustrations, previous owner inscription to front pastedown, original cloth (fading at spine ends), dust jacket, a few chips and tears, 8vo, signed by the author (as "Ed Hillary") and George Lowe, 1989 at foot of preface leaf, together with The Crossing of Antarctica, by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary, 1st edition, 1958, colour and monochrome illustrations, map endpapers, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo, signed by the authors and George Lowe, plus The Ascent of Everest, by John Hunt, 1st edition, 1953, illustrations, previous owner inscription, original cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, signed by Edmund Hillary (as "Ed Hillary") to title, and additionally to dedication leaf along with George Lowe, Charles Wylie and Alfred Gregory, with other mountaineering and Tibetan related including Sir Edmund Hillary's View from the Summit, 1999, signed, Perceval Landon's Lhasa, 1st edition, 1905 and F.S. Smythe's The Spirit of the Hills, 1935 (20)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
10 May 2017
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

High Adventure, 1st edition, 1955, colour frontispiece, maps and illustrations, previous owner inscription to front pastedown, original cloth (fading at spine ends), dust jacket, a few chips and tears, 8vo, signed by the author (as "Ed Hillary") and George Lowe, 1989 at foot of preface leaf, together with The Crossing of Antarctica, by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary, 1st edition, 1958, colour and monochrome illustrations, map endpapers, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo, signed by the authors and George Lowe, plus The Ascent of Everest, by John Hunt, 1st edition, 1953, illustrations, previous owner inscription, original cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, signed by Edmund Hillary (as "Ed Hillary") to title, and additionally to dedication leaf along with George Lowe, Charles Wylie and Alfred Gregory, with other mountaineering and Tibetan related including Sir Edmund Hillary's View from the Summit, 1999, signed, Perceval Landon's Lhasa, 1st edition, 1905 and F.S. Smythe's The Spirit of the Hills, 1935 (20)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
10 May 2017
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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