THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951

First Edition. 4to., oatmeal clothbound hardback with (damaged) b/w pictorial dust jacket; 128pp, with 92 b/w illustrations. No previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Half of dust jacket rear cover missing, the rest is rather scuffed and edgeworn with chips to corners and spine ends. Overall a Very Good copy with a Poor dust jacket.