{"product_id":"everest-the-west-ridge-50th-anniversary-edition-signed","title":"Everest: The West Ridge (50th Anniversary Edition, Signed)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(44, 92, 79);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fiftieth-anniversary edition of Thomas Hornbein’s account of the first American ascent of Everest by the West Ridge, enlarged and newly illustrated, signed by the author.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHornbein’s account of the 1963 American Everest Expedition, whose members made the first ascent of the mountain’s West Ridge, was first published in 1965. Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld reached the summit by the ridge and descended the other side by the South Col, completing the first traverse of the mountain. The anniversary edition was reset in a larger format with more photographs than any earlier edition, many of them not previously reproduced. It includes a new foreword by Jon Krakauer, a new preface by Hornbein and a new final chapter on the expedition members, with essays by Hornbein and Broughton Coburn and a map by Dee Molenaar. This copy is signed by Hornbein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiftieth anniversary edition, signed by Hornbein to the front free endpaper in black ink. \u003c\/strong\u003eSquare quarto. 304pp., with some 150 colour photographs. Blue cloth boards, lettered in silver to the spine with a silver vignette to the cover, in the pictorial dust jacket, unclipped (US$29.95). Near fine in like dust jacket. There are a few minor imperfections here and there, otherwise clean and bright throughout. Chessler Books seller’s sticker to the lower rear pastedown. W. Williams signature in pencil to the upper front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNot currently on display in store. For viewing or more information, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000882\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas F. Hornbein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68979577356531,"sku":"1110003023810","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_512089fd-a8e6-418e-bd42-b428b2d96293.png?v=1794443308","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/everest-the-west-ridge-50th-anniversary-edition-signed","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}