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

R.L.G. Irving

Published by J.M. Dent & Sons, London, UK, 1935

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING : With 41 Collotype Reproductions, and Maps and Diagrams
• Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1935
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition, First Thus.
• Condition: Collectible - Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Vintage/Mountaineering
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