This early work by Francis Younghusband was originally published in 1936 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Everest: The Challenge' is about the landscape and people of the Himalayas and the various attempts to scale the world's highest peak. Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Munree, British India, the son of Major-General John W. Younghusband and Clara Jane Shaw. Younghusband attended Clifton College, Bristol, before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1881. After ...
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This early work by Francis Younghusband was originally published in 1936 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Everest: The Challenge' is about the landscape and people of the Himalayas and the various attempts to scale the world's highest peak. Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Munree, British India, the son of Major-General John W. Younghusband and Clara Jane Shaw. Younghusband attended Clifton College, Bristol, before entering the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1881. After his time at the Academy he was commissioned as a Subaltern in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards where he began his military career. He rose through the ranks and in 1902, due to fears of Russian expansion, the now Major Younghusband, was promoted to the position of British Commisioner to Tibet, a post he held until 1904. Younghusband married Helen Augusta Magniac, with whom he had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter, Eileen Younghusband. Their daughter went on to become a prominent social worker.
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Very Good. Size: 12mo 7"-7; Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Sans dust jacket. Bumping to spine head and foot. Still sharp gilt lettering to spine. Map endpapers. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs. ix [1], 3-243 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very Good. No Jacket. A stated Second Edition with a special account of the 1936 expedition. 8vo. -over 7¾ in. -9¾ in. ix +243pp., including index and maps. Bound in the original green cloth with gilt stamped titles on the spine. Illustrated throughout with sixteen black and white plates and four maps. A Very Good copy with minor bumping to the corners, light shelfwear to the cloth, and light foxing to the fore-edge. A previous owner's name on the title page with a date.
