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Mountaineering by Claude Wilson




Book Description
First edition. Small 8vo. pp. [iv, ads.], viii, 208, (4, ads.); illusts. by Ellis Carr to text; browning to endpapers, else very good in the original pictorial cloth. Ownership inscription of Michael Ward, with his bookplate to verso of title-page.
Dealer Notes
Claude Wilson’s handbook on the subject is a wonderful period piece, with advertisements at the front for climbing gear and equipment. This copy belonged to Michael Ward, a member of the 1951 Everest reconnaissance with Eric Shipton, and doctor on the successful 1953 expedition.
Author
The All-England Series.
Date
1893
Binding
Original pictorial cloth
Publisher
London: George Bell & Sons
Condition
See description
Pages
[iv, ads.], viii, 208, (4, ads.)
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