Rock Climbs Around London. Being a Guide Compiled by H. Courtney Bryson with which are incorporated some refined Decorations in exquisite taste by Edmund Dulac.

Published by Printed for H. Courtney Bryson at St. George's Press, 1936

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FIRST EDITION, double-page highly decorative map by Dulac, photographic plate of author in contemporary garb climbing the Isolated Buttress, faint trace of paperclip rust on title-page and flyleaf corners, Penrith ownership inscription, pp. 28, small 8vo, original mustard-yellow boards, cover with title and illustration of perilous cliff ascent in black, rear board with a few small marks, textblock slightly loose, very good. A delightful, practical guide for the London-based mountaineer - 'We have our enthusiasm, we have our ropes and our boots, but where are our rocks?' - including Redleaf House Rocks, Chiddingstone Hoath, Ashurst Wood, Bull's Hollow (Tunbridge Wells) and detailed climbs of Harrison Rocks - the illustrated map, featuring rabbits, thorny wild briars, a 'Quaggy Place (very gloomy)' complete with half-submerged top hat and umbrella, and the 'South End of Fox going south' from the slightly unexpected quarter of Edmund Dulac.

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Title
Rock Climbs Around London. Being a Guide Compiled by H. Courtney Bryson with which are incorporated some refined Decorations in exquisite taste by Edmund Dulac.
Author
Bryson (H. Courtney)
Publisher
Printed for H. Courtney Bryson at St. George's Press
Publication year
1936
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Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA

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