Add this copy of Coronation Everest to cart. $137.40, good condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1958 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Coronation Everest to cart. $270.61, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1970 by Faber and Faber Ltd.
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F- in F- jacket. Signed by Author. F-/F-. 12mo. original blue boards (slight leaf edge spotting) in dustwrapper (pirce-clipped, a little rubbed & sunned); pp. 146, with 3 maps. A near fine copy of the school edition. [Neate M147] Flatsigned to title page by the author, 'Jan Morris'.
Add this copy of Coronation Everest to cart. $303.00, very good condition, Sold by Aquila Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1958 by Faber and Faber.
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145, (1) pp. Octavo. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Minor rubbing to extremities and head of spine. Blue pictorial dustjacket. Minor edge wear. with creasing along top edge. Frontis portrait. 7 illustrations. A very good to fine copy. A telling of the successful first ascent of Mount Everest. It focuses on the author's role as a journalist covering the event, and his successful attempt to be the first to break the news. Getting scarce especially in a fine copy. Jan passed away a year ago at the ripe age of 94! I had a couple of publishing projects I did with her and she was a delight to work with, a generous sole and had a great library!
Add this copy of Coronation Everest to cart. $336.26, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1958 by Faber and Faber Ltd.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & sunned, occasional spottting, mainly to leaf edges) in dustwrapper (pirce-clipped, a little rubbed & nicked, tiny chipping at headcap); pp. 146, with 8 illustrations & 3 maps. Original purchase receipt, loosely enclosed. A very good copy. [Neate M147]
James Morris gives a marvelous account of his quest to have the "scoop" to break the news of the first ascent of Mount Everest. As the official representative of the Times he is competing with the rest of the press world to get his dispatch published before anyone else. His eye is very keen, and with few words, he creates an unforgettable picture of what he sees as he travels to Kathmandu and on to the base camp at Everest to wait for word of success or failure by the British team attempting the ascent. The timing is critical, as his goal is to have the news broken in London to coincide with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. This is a very difficult book to put down. It is short, but very full of history.
