Rock-Climbing in Skye

Description

Published by Longmans Green, London, 1908, 1st UK Edition, foxing prelims and edges, slight wrinkle of cloth on front board, but otherwise bright clean copy, Nr. Fine.    Ashley Abraham (1876-1951) was a climber, author and photographer who produced the final volume of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy to be published, following on from Rock-Climbing in the English Lake District (1897) by Owen Glynne Jones (1867-1899) and Rock-Climbing in North Wales (1906) by Ashley’s older brother George D Abraham (1872-1965).  The Abraham brothers and O.G. Jones did much to develop and popularise rock-climbing in the Lake District, North Wales and other parts of the British Isles.   With 30 full-page, tissue-guarded illustrations and map in the pocket of the rear board.