From the Library of
author John Michael Hayes
with His Full Signature on the Front End-Paper
1959, First American Edition, Little Brown and Company, Boston, 328 pages.
From the Dust Jacket, “On November 24, 1957, eleven men and their leader, Dr. Vivian Fuchs, set out from Shackleton Base to cross 2500 miles of the last continent untraveled by man: the frozen Antarctic…. With Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary on the other side of the continent heading the New Zealand support party, Fuchs wrote tensely in his journal “We must and will do it.” ”
This volume comes from the Literary Estate of John Michael Hayes (he died in 2008). His bold signature is in ink on the front end-paper. Hayes wrote the screenplay and collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on four films: Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much (Rear Window earned him an Academy Award nomination). He also wrote the film script for Peyton Place and Butterfield 8 among many other credits. His career of five decades writing scripts for film, radio (including Amos and Andy and The Adventures of Sam Spade), and television.
Enhanced with 93 illustrations (many in color) on glossy paper and 9 maps.
Hardcover book in Almost Like New condition, tight and clean with no marks except the signature of famous writer John Michael Hayes on front end-page. Pages are clean and white. Blue covers with silver titles on the spine are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in Almost Like New condition with minor wear at spine ends; price unclipped.
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