Book #14134

No Latitude For Error - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Edmund Hillary
Book #14134 No Latitude For Error - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Edmund Hillary.

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1961.

A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor rubbing and small closed tear in back. This copy signed by author Edmund Hillary directly onto the title page.

Sir Edmund Hillary's personal story of his part in the great Transarctic Expedition. It was his enthusiasm for polar exploration that made him plan and train the New Zealand expedition with the greatest efficiency, so that all his vital tasks were completed ahead of schedule. An exciting adventure, told in Hillary's plain, natural style; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Price: $420.00

Author Bio

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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