"I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve": Nothing Venture, Nothing Win; Signed by Edmund Hillary
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win,
Hillary, Edmund.
$100.00Item Number: 2848
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975.
Early printing of Hillary’s autobiography. Octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Signed by Edmund Hillary on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Chrichard.
Details not just his ascent of Everest but his life in New Zealand and several of his many adventures after Everest. Illustrated with more than three dozen photographs, some in color. Neate 373.
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves": First Edition of High Adventure; Signed by Edmund Hillary
Hillary, Edmund.
High Adventure.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First British edition of Hillary’s account of his ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth, with maps by A. Sparks and sketches by George Djurkouic. Boldly signed by Edmund Hillary on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some tears and chips.
Price: $975.00
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