Climbing At Wasdale Before The First World War.

First edition thus. Format, quarto, 276mm. Physical description, [1] 2 - 100, [2] blank, i - xx. Plates [12] photographs, and nine drawings and a map by A[fred] Wainwright, plus the, often missing, loosely tipped in flyer celebrating the publication of this book. Contents very clean and bright. Publishers green cloth backed boards, the spine lettered in gilt. Photographic dust jacket very slightly rubbed. Overall a near fine copy. The book was published to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Pioneer girdle Traverse of Scafell. 'The first and last section of this book appeared in the journal of the Fell and Rock climbing Club' - page 2.