The Fight for Everest: 1924
Edward Arnold & Co., 1925.
First edition. 4to. Green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. Eight colour plates, twenty five (one of which is double page) black and white photographic illustrations and a fold out map at the rear. A very good copy, sporadic foxing throughout.
The story of the third expedition to Everest by the surviving members of the team. Includes an account by Noel Odell of the disappearance of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine on the Northeast Ridge. Also contains the letters George Mallory sent to his wife from the expedition, as well as essays of physiology, natural history, geology, oxygen, photography and suggestions for future expeditions.
Stock ID: 35052
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