Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering

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Published by Robert Hale, London & St.Martin’s Press, New York, 1975, 1st UK/US Edition, D/w, Fine.  Walt Unsworth (1928-2017) was a distinguished British writer, editor and publisher, who founded Cicerone Press in 1969 with his wife Dorothy and friends Brian and Aileen Evans (he retired in 1999, but Cicerone Press is still going strong today with over 400 titles for mountaineers, climbers, cyclists and hikers).  He was for many years the editor of Climber magazine, helped establish Great Outdoors magazine, and wrote more than 20 books, including the definitive studies of climbing on Mont Blanc and on Everest.  This encyclopaedia was groundbreaking at the time and a first attempt to survey the whole mountaineering scene – a good reference volume, particularly on British climbs and climbers, although “weak on American and other foreign entries” (Neate).