London, 1937, 1st edition. 295 pp, 63 plates, ill, 2 maps. Royal 8vo. The fifth attempt from the Tibetan side reached the North Col but was driven back by an early Monsoon. This 1936 expedition reached 7150 M. Fine condition. SIGNED by E.P. Hillary on the title page.
Includes two large colour folding maps at rear - of the Northern face of Mount Everest and of the route from Darjeeling to Everest. Hugh Ruttledge's personal account of the second British Everest Expedition that he led - this time in 1936. His previous attempt was in 1933. The attempt was halted at 23,400 feet by an early monsoon.
