SMITH, GEORGE ALAN AND CAROL D. - The Armchair Mountaineer: A Gathering of Wit, Wisdom & Idolatry
New York, Toronto, London, Pitman Publishing Corporation. 1968. Ill.: Drawings by Debra Healy. First Edition. xvii, 361pp, Prologue from Wilfred Noyce, many drawings and illustrations (some from color photographs), Explanations and Excuses, Bibliography. 4to/26cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear, personal presentation inscription on ffep, otherwise internally fine. An anthology of writings over the ages by a great variety of individuals who found pleasure and/or challenge in climbing. George Alan Smith was an arts consultant and mountain climber. He wrote the article on Mountaineering for a recent edition of the online Encyclopedia Brittannica. Neate S99.
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