THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING : With 41 Collotype Reproductions, and Maps and Diagrams

R.L.G. Irving

Verlag: J.M. Dent & Sons, London, UK, 1935

Beschreibung

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; trace foxing to rEP. Pale blue linen boards w/gilt embossed spine/Fine. DJ/None. 41, tissue protected, illustrations in gravure. A discourse on mountain climbing. English schoolmaster, writer, and mountaineer Robert Lock Graham Irving (1877 - 1969) was an early advocate of climbing without being led by guides; companions (whom Irving readily recruited) not excluded. He has said: "If you climb for novelty and excitement solitary climbing is the kind to satisfy you; but if you climb for recreation of mind and body it is a failure", and, being led generate both boredom and expense, This volume was written on the eve of 1934 after 4 completed expeditions (1921, 1922, 1924, and 1933). 320 pgs, 15 chapters in 3 parts: I, Birth & Early Years; II, Signs of Maturity; and III, Perpetual Youth. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007165

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING : With 41 ...

Verlag: J.M. Dent & Sons, London, UK

Erscheinungsdatum: 1935

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Collectible - Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition, First Thus.

Art des Buches: Vintage/Mountaineering