350 pp. Translated from the English by Bernard Pierre. Foreword by S.A.R., the Duke of Edinburgh. Preface by Maurice Herzog. Illustrated with many plates from several photographs; drawings within the text by Charles Evans. 8¼x6¼, original white paper wrappers printed in red and black, color pictorial jacket. One of 1000 copies printed on rag paper. First French Edition.

Signed on the half-title page by 11 of the 1953 Everest expedition members, including George Lowe, Ed[mund] Hillary (co-author), Charles Wylie, John Hunt (expedition leader and author), Alfred Gregory (photographer), Times correspondent Jan [James] Morris, Michael Ward, George Band, John Jackson, Michael Westmacott, and by one of the team reserves Hamish Nicol. Entire text in French.