Allsop Allan (2 results)

Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A clean sound but very well used and helpfully annotated copy of the First Edition. 16mo. original brown cloth pp. [iv], 154 with diagrams & photos. [Neate Q124]. This edition includes all the Yorkshire gritstone climbs known at the time, and as such represents the first overall guidebook to the Yorkshire outcrops. Volume 5. West Yorkshire Area published in 1957 represents their first appearance separate from the Peak. Birkenhead: Willmer Bros & Co. Ltd., 1951 (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. 526 pages (complete). Hand numbered 227 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Folio sized. A heavy, most handsome copy. Fully bound in leather. Gilt titling, bordering and edging. The gilt is benign and very lightly worn. The spine has five ridges. Titling and decoration are worn. The leather is also much worn. The spine is fit and healthy. The boards have storage / shelving wear about. Nonetheless, they are dignified and pleasing. Within, the tissue separators are in immaculate condition. Marbled end papers with gilt edge decoration that are in elegant, most pleasing condition. The gilt edging is a little worn but is otherwise gratifyingly smart. The contents have some amiable evidence of usage with occasional handling marks and wear, but in general and by far, the pages are wonderfully neat and tidy and amenable. The pages are clean, clear, confident, generous to a fault, clubbable, enjoyable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …