Edmund Hillary — Nothing Venture, Nothing Win

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this impressive autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers, with illustrations. A first edition copy.Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist who was one of the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. This is his autobiography detailing his life and mountaineering adventures. With eight pages of colour photographs sixteen pages of black and white photographs.Collated, complete. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Previous owner bookplate to the reverse of the front free endpaper for I. G. McEwan. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Previous owner bookplate to the reverse of the front free endpaper for I. G. McEwan. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is generally excellent with some creasing to the head of the spine and extremities. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.