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Rock-Climbing in North Wales
by ABRAHAM George 1871-1965 and Ashley 1876-1951
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Keswick, Cumberland: G.P. Abraham, 1906. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author and SAUNDERS Rev TBA of Keswick. VG, First edition, 1906, complete In blue marked cloth, front edge faded. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-xx), [2], 394 pp, 30 illustrations (full page & in monogravure), 10 pen & ink sketches, and 11 route drawings, chipped edges to frontis tissue guard. (197*140 mm). (Neate A08). 93 courses (routes) are described, 14 routes in the easy listing, 38 routes in the Moderate List with the remainder either in the Difficult or Exceptionally Severe List. The book is divided into two parts, Part 1, on the Carnedds, Tryfan and the Glyders was taken by George D Abraham; while Part 2, dealing with Snowdon and the climbs south of the Llanberis Pass, including Cader Idris, was written by Ashley P Abraham. The Abraham brothers who in around 1900 planned to produce a guide to Snowdonia but here they ran into obstructive secrecy and resentment over their intrusion into the area from the leisured classes who made up the majority of climbers in Snowdonia and looked down on the Abrahams, who were in trade! See ODNB for a full Bio.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007565
- Title
- Rock-Climbing in North Wales
- Author
- ABRAHAM George 1871-1965 and Ashley 1876-1951
- Illustrator
- Author and SAUNDERS Rev TBA of Keswick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Abraham
- Place of Publication
- Keswick, Cumberland
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 3.09 lbs
- Keywords
- North Wales Climbing Sport Mountaineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountains Mountaineering and Climbing;
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About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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