New York, 1925, 1st American edition. 372 pp, 8 color plates, 24 b/w, map. (The USA edition was actually printed in England on the same plates as the UK edition.) The official story of the third Everest expedition, the 1924 British attempt on Mount Everest from the North Col that may have put Mallory and Irvine on the summit, and from which they failed to return. Minor edge rubbing and wear, Near Fine.