Author: BONINGTON Christian
Title: I Chose to Climb. With a Foreword by Eric Shipton. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK: SIGNED COPY IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
Description: Gollancz,, 1966. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with git frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, dustwrapper panels mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. An elegant copy of author's first book. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90.

Keywords: mountaineering, climbing, rock climbing, bonington, chris bonington, climbers


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