London, 1963, 1st UK edition. 195 pp, 31 plates, and 24 figures. DAV, Everest map in pocket. Front endpapers have map of the Khumbu Region. Original gray cloth with bright gold gilt printing against a blue box on the spine. No wear, no writing, no stains, no fading. In English. Hardcover with Dust jacket, Bright and Fine.
The finest reference book on the mountain. Includes geology, climbing history, Sherpa history, etc.
A detailed picture of the Everest region including Hagen's description of the evolution of the mountain, Dyhrenfuth's accounts of the attempts and first successful conquest of Everest, Furer-Haimendorf's discussion of the life, habits, homes and country of the Sherpas and Schneider's map, considered a cartographical event when first published.
