The Early History of Rock Climbing in the Lake District
By Alan Hankinson
The First Tigers
£30.00
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Published by J.M. Dent & Sons, London, 1972, 1st Edition, D/w (slight wear), V.G.
Association Copy, Signed by the Author with the inscription “To Geoffrey Abraham with the deepest gratitude and respect, Alan Hankinson”. Geoffrey Abraham was the son of Ashley P. Abraham and is credited for the help he gave Hankinson in producing this book.
Alan Hankinson (1926-2007) was a rock-climber, a passionate devotee of the Lake District where he lived, a former Gurkha officer, a biographer and author, and a TV journalist and producer. This book was much praised for the journalistic way he unfolded the story of how eccentric late-Victorian and Edwardian gentlemen invented a mad British sport which opened the way towards modern rock climbing. Bonington called the book a classic. Other works by Hankinson include Camera on the Crags (1975), The Mountain Men (1977), A Century on the Crags (1988), and Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1995 ).
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