Nothing Venture, Nothing Win - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Edmund Hillary

A scarce First U. S. Edition, signed by author "Ed Hillary" on the title page. Fine condition hardcover showing very little wear in alike dust jacket with minor chipping along edges;

A magnificent book to match a singularly magnificent life, the full frankly told story of one of the great adventurers of the last century. A splendid self-portrait of a complex and uncommon man, Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, Antarctic explorer, builder of schools, bridges, hospitals high in the Himalayas for the Sherpas of Nepal.

Price: $680.00

Book #14135
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author
Size: 8vo; xiv,15-319, [1] pages
Publisher: New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1975.
ISBN: 0698106490

Author Bio

Hillary, Edmund

Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (July 20, 1919 - Jan., 11 2008), New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. On May 29, 1953, he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.

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