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Sale 61
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Lot 435 |
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Dyhrenfurth, Norman G. & James Ramsey Ullman. Book Signed "Norman Dyhrenfurth" and "James Ramsey Ullman" and inscribed by Ullman, "To Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy--whose husband, as President of the United States, took such a strong & heartening interest in our enterprise--with the many good wishes of [signuratures of Dyhrenfurst and Ullman] and the other members of the American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963." Philadelphia and New York, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Hard covers; fading to edges and top and bottom of spine. Supply dust jacket with some paper loss. With numerous color and black and white plates. A good copy of the account of the first American expedition to reach the top of the world's highest peak. This was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's copy. One of the photographs shows President Kennedy presenting the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal to the team upon its triumphant return.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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