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The Night Climbers of Cambridge

Name: The Night Climbers of Cambridge
Author: Whipplesnaith ( Symington, Noël Howard )

Book Description

Near fine half leather binding with marbled boards. Internally fine with photographic frontispiece and 27 photographic plates. The name Whipplesnaith was in fact Noël Howard Symington of King's College. His collaborator and photographer was Eric Waddams, who features in several of the images.

Dealer Notes

Top-notch treatment of the short-lived phenomenon of youth climbing drainpipes, towers, spires and chimneys on the campus of Cambridge University. The photographs document absurd spire-bagging, with students proudly standing atop the most pointed architectural pinnacles. The narrative delves occasionally into mock-heroic prose, underscoring the absurdity of the trend.

Author Whipplesnaith ( Symington, Noël Howard )

Date 1937

Binding Half leather

Publisher Chatto & Windus

Illustrator Eric Waddams

Condition Near Fine

Pages 243

Price: £280.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

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