The conquest of Everest : original photographs from the legendary first ascent / George Lowe and Huw Lewis-Jones.
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TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780500544235 (hbk.)
- 0500544239 (hbk.)
- Everest
- 796.522095496 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 796.522095496 LOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A529645B |
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Author George Lowe was born in New Zealand.
"On 29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Mount Everest ... anniversary book ... features a trove of original photographs ... and other rare materials from the Lowe collection ... contributions from the late Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Chris Bonington, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Tom Hornbein, Reinhold Messner, Colin Monteath, Jan Morris, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Doug Scott and Stephen Venables"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : editor's note / Huw Lewis-Jones -- Foreword : An old friend / Sir Edmund Hillary -- Introduction : Supreme achievement / Sir Chris Bonington -- Because it is there -- Cameraman on Everest -- Beyond the summit -- Reflections / Reinhold Messner, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Colin Monteath, Tom Hornbein, Stephen Venables, Doug Scott -- Just three pictures / Jan Morris -- Chart of the ascent of Everest -- Everest 1953 : suggestions to photographers.
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