Rock-Climbing in North Wales
1906008209Keswick Cumberland: G.P. Abraham 1906. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author and SAUNDERS Rev TBA of Keswick. First edition 1906 rebound in red half morocco over red cloth gilt tooling. Spine raised bands gilt tooling. & gilt titles to maroon calf labels. Internally half title tissue guarded frontis 4 v-xx 2 394 pp 4 adverts 1 printers details 30 tissue guarded monogravure illustrations 10 pen & ink sketches 11 outline drawings depicting 12 routes ink name to head half title and p1 marbled endpapers t.e.g. remainder cut occasional pencil margin note occasional spot & faint edge browning. 227155 mm. Neate2. 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. <br/> <br/> G.P. Abraham hardcover
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