THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original pale green cloth with navy titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. All edges navy. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with very slight bowing to the boards and a little fading to the top edges. The contents, with offsetting to the free endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has a chip with loss to the bottom corner of the front panel, smaller chips to the spine tips and a number of closed tears to the edges. Not price clipped (25/- to the front flap).

Signed by Eric Shipton in blue ink to the title page. A beautiful book featuring 92 large captioned photographs accompanied by a written account of Shipton's 1951 Everest expedition.