Americans on Everest: The Official Account of the Ascent led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth
Author(s):
Ullman, James Ramsey
Copyright: 1964, Lippincott, Phil & NY
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xxi, 429, 7 color & 120 bw photos, map, appendices, map eps, blue cloth
Condition: inscribed ‘Warm personal regards to Mr. & Mrs. Gene Smith Barry C. Bishop 5/22/64’ & signed ‘Tom Hornbein March 3, 2012’, dj w/ small chip top spine, unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine
A true first edition of the official story of the 1963 American Everest expedition which made the first traverse. Copies of this important canon in the Himalayan literature signed by summitter Bishop are quite scarce.
Neate U01, SB U07, Yak U16.