Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. 320; 4 coloured plates, photo. illusts., 2 sketch maps; good in the original cloth, in d-w. which is slightly frayed and lightly sunned on spine. Loosely inserted is Tenzing’s later business card, signed by him (slightly smudged), and an original photograph of him taken in 1958.
Dealer Notes
Neate U05; Yakushi U24a; Perret 4563; S & B T06. Tenzing joined his first Himalayan expedition in 1935, Shipton's Everest expedition. 18 years later he and Hillary stepped onto the summit of Everest, the first men to do so. His autobiography was published in the USA as Tiger of the Snows.
Author Tenzing Norgay.
Date [1955]
Binding Original cloth in d.-w.
Publisher London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Condition See description
Pages 320

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