You are bidding on a limited edition of the book View from the Summit signed by author Sir Edmund Hillary.  This leather bound special edition was published in 1999 by the Easton Press in Norwalk, Connecticut.  Included is a certificate of authenticity.

From an insert in the book, "In 1953, no one had yet climbed Mt. Everest - indeed, no one knew if it was physically possible to do so.  On May 29, 1953, 33-year-old New Zealand beekeeper and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest and stepped onto 'the roof of the world.'......In this autobiography, View from the Summit, Sir Edmund Hillary recalls a life spent searching for new challenges and pushing human endurance and achievemnet to its limits.  Gripping and candid, View from the Summit is a unique memior from the world's greatest living explorer."