HUNT (General Sir John). - Lot 237

Lot n° 237
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HUNT (General Sir John). - Lot 237
HUNT (General Sir John). Victory on Everest. Paris, Amiot et Dumont, 1953. In-8, vellum with bradel, decoration on the first plate mosaic gray set with gold showing a mountain, case (Germaine Clavier). First edition, printed at 1000 copies, and whose author led the first ascent of Mount Everest. "The epic of the mountain has just known its consecration. With the conquest of Everest (8810 meters), the highest mountain in the world, a myth has disappeared. From now on, the man is master of the universe of the altitude." 24 black photographic plates out of text, and figures in text. Copy printed for Germaine Clavier, who bound this pleasant copy.
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