"Schoolhouse in the Clouds" - SIGNED, with Edmund Hillary's Hunting Permit

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1964. First Edition. Two signed items from the New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist known, with Tenzing Norgay, as the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His 1964 book Schoolhouse in the Clouds, an account of his philanthropic work building schools and providing medical care for children in Nepal, has been boldly signed "Ed Hillary" on the title page. xi, 180 pp. Hardcover, black cloth, without dust jacket. Slight split to the gutter and light shelf wear; overall in fine condition. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14.3 x 21.3 cm).

Together with an original Missouri small game hunting permit issued to Hillary in 1970, with his New Zealand address and information completed on the recto, and signed by him on recto and verso. Somewhat crumpled but overall very good. 3.75 x 2.5 inches (9.5 x 6.3 cm).

Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. Prior to the 1953 Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. With Tenzing Norgay, on an expedition led by John Hunt, he reached the peak of Everest on May 29, 1953. Following his ascent of Everest, Hillary devoted most of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts, many schools and hospitals were built in Nepal.  (15006)

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