Schoolhouse In The Clouds [Signed] [Sherpa People, Nepal, Mountaineering]
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- SIGNED
- New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. [American]. Very Good/Good.
Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary,
Dark grey cloth with gold spine titles; 8.5 inches tall; 180 pages with an index; map endpages; illustrated with color plates; The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owner's name on the front free endpage. The Mylar protected dust jacket has the price of $5.95 with edgewear with loss on the spine tips and corners and rubbed on the front flap edge.
Sir Edmund Hillary's compelling account of his return to the Himalayas, a decade after his historic ascent of Mount Everest. In this memoir, Hillary recounts his mission to establish schools, water systems, and medical aid for the Sherpa people, whom he regarded as essential partners in his Everest success. The narrative intertwines his humanitarian endeavors with mountaineering pursuits, including attempts on the previously unclimbed peaks of Taweche and Kangtega. [Adapted from reviews]
Subjects: Sir Edmund Hillary, Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition, Sherpa People, Nepal, Mountaineering, Philanthropy, Education, Autobiography, Travel, Mountaineering, Humanitarian Memoir.
Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary,
Dark grey cloth with gold spine titles; 8.5 inches tall; 180 pages with an index; map endpages; illustrated with color plates; The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owner's name on the front free endpage. The Mylar protected dust jacket has the price of $5.95 with edgewear with loss on the spine tips and corners and rubbed on the front flap edge.
Sir Edmund Hillary's compelling account of his return to the Himalayas, a decade after his historic ascent of Mount Everest. In this memoir, Hillary recounts his mission to establish schools, water systems, and medical aid for the Sherpa people, whom he regarded as essential partners in his Everest success. The narrative intertwines his humanitarian endeavors with mountaineering pursuits, including attempts on the previously unclimbed peaks of Taweche and Kangtega. [Adapted from reviews]
Subjects: Sir Edmund Hillary, Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition, Sherpa People, Nepal, Mountaineering, Philanthropy, Education, Autobiography, Travel, Mountaineering, Humanitarian Memoir.