Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit. His memoir captures the numbing feeling of intense cold, the shriek of high winds, and the austere beauty of glacier and snowfall and stone.
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Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit. His memoir captures the numbing feeling of intense cold, the shriek of high winds, and the austere beauty of glacier and snowfall and stone.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1st edition, 1954. Blue cloth a little faded at spine head; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; browned on spine with small tears along rear joint, repaired on reverse side with archival clear tape; stains from old sellotape on reverse side; protected in removable clear film.
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A.J. Veilhan. VG+ in None Issued jacket. 12mo. original pictorial boards (slightly rubbed & marked, prev. owner's name to FFE); pp. [x (last blank)], 146 (last blank), [2 (pubs. cat. )], with illustrations and maps. A very good copy of the abridged New Windmill Library edition. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition].
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F- No Jacket. 8vo. original black cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to front pastedown, a trifle rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xx, 250 (last blank), with colour frontispiece, 48 black & white plates & 5 maps. A very good copy. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition].
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VG+ in VG- jacket. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original black cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, slightly rubbed) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, headcap chipped); pp. xx, 250 (last blank), with colour frontispiece, 48 black & white plates & 5 maps. A very good copy. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition].
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Good in Good jacket. Hardback in very good condition with very good minus condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is clipped. Small wet stain on back jacket panel at fold and a bit on side edge of pages, but face of pages in unaffected.
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A.J. Veilhan. F- No Jacket. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name, twice, to prelims, else clean & bright throughout; upper flap of dustwrapper loosely enclosed as bookmark); pp. xx, 304 (last blank), with 4 colour plates, 48 black & white plates, 5 maps & 16 drawings. A near fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition].
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A.J. Veilhan. VG+ in VG+ jacket. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (head cap a trifle frayed with minor loss, rubbing to extremities); pp. xx, 304 (last blank), with 4 colour plates, 48 black & white plates, 5 maps & 16 drawings. A near fine copy. [Neate N40: Noyce's work on the Lhotse face opened the way to the South Col. One of the best personal accounts of an Everest expedition].