Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Asia -- Mount Everest, Mount Everest, photographer, photography 

Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. Reprint Edition. REPRINT EDITION. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. xii, 258, [2 ads] pp. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, foreword by Noel, 3 pages of black-and-white photos of Mount Everest by Noel, appendices; text clean, unmarked. Dark blue-stamped light blue cloth, deckle edges; binding square and tight, shelf wear, spine faded. Attendance award inscription on front free end-paper. WY716-049. Good. This volume by Captain John Baptist Lucius Noel, renowned English mountaineer and pioneer of high-altitude photography, tells the story of the tragic 1924 Mount Everest expedition. The book is significant in that it is not only written by Captain Noel, who was the official photographer on the expedition, but includes the best of his images from the pioneering ventures. Noel would later achieve fame for his film, titled The Epic of Everest. The book also includes appendices with Noel's commentary on the modern developments which made Everest more accessible for future generations of mountaineers.