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Buy this book on-line DICKINSON, LEO: : BALLOONING OVER EVEREST. [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.CAPE,1993. ISBN 0224036068.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but neat, handwritten black ink author's signature - without dedication - to recto of ffe and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,7- 160pp [paginated] includes foreword (by Eric Jones,cameraman in 2nd balloon),9 chapters+epilogue,profuse contemporary glossy,colour scenic photographs/ photography throughout the text and the book,an appendix [on photography], acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] scenic colour photograph vignetted half- title,double-page scenic colour photographic title page,a dedication and contents list/table and scenic colour photographic frntis.
The sometimes dangerous,often hilarious adventures encountered by Leo Dickinson and his intrepid team of Australian and British pioneers.They had spent years preparing for their multi-million-pound expedition to gaze down on the summits of the highest mountain range on earth. For the sake of a stupendous flight lasting little more than an hour,this unlikely collection of rugged individuals fought, co-operated,quarrelled,laughed,and occasionally cried.Finally they pulled off the astonishing feat of getting two manned balloons in air too thin to support life over the top of Mount Everest.As well as this highly entertaining account of their ordeals,they brought back an entirely new view of beautiful mountain peaks usually seen from below,and a breathtaking film of an historic 'first' for our television screens.
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