The Hard Years by Joe Brown (1967) Chockstone Press

The Hard Years by Joe Brown (1967) Chockstone PressAutobiography of one of England's pioneering climbers. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Library discard from the American Alpine Club Library, with stickers, circulation stamps and library ex libris. Slant to spine. Dust jacket in protective vinyl cover, attached with tape. Probably the most read copy of this book in existence. Brown was one of the early climbing everymen, coming from a working class background and rising to major ascents

Hardcover book describing Steve Swenson's fifteen climbing expeditions in the Karakoram range from 1980 through 2016

this is the 7th edition

The complete Volume 20 of Summit Journal

Small ding on top of text block

with a fold-out map contained in a pocket on the back cover

Andrew Burr Builders On

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Just using that old image to demonstrate the inside of the book without needing to open up and potentially damage this one

Cover Photo: The Chapelle de la Gliere above Chamonix

A socio-political history of rock climbing and our relationship to society and each other as climbers within a social and capitalistic system

January-February

" 244 pages