Book Description

First separate edition. 8vo. pp. 24; 2 plates of photo. illusts.; good in original papered linen wrappers, soiled and rubbed. Ownership inscription of Michael Ward, with his bookplate, and numerous annotations by him, including a long note about Longlands Direct Finish to rear endpaper (Michael Ward was the doctor on the 1953 Everest Expedition).
Dealer Notes
Neate Q215. Ward’s notes show that he led many of the climbs on ‘Cloggy’, some of them made with the co-author Barford. Barford died while climbing with Ward and Bill Murray while descending the Col du Coste Rouge in the Alps. The note to the rear endpaper describes Ward’s first ascent, with the other co- author, Menlove Edwards, of Longland’s Direct Finish (a variant of Longland’s Climb), described by Ward in his In This Short Span (pp. 37-8).
Author Edwards, J. M. & J. E. Q. Barford.
Date [1942]
Binding Original papered linen wrappers
Publisher [Manchester: The Cloister Press]
Condition See description
Pages 24

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