Description
9No
Benson, C. E., Crag and Hound in Lakeland. (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1902)
Octavo, xvi, 313 pages plus 6 pages publisher’s advertisements and 28 illustrations showing early rock climbing. Bound in dark blue publishers cloth with gilt title and author on front and title, author and publisher on spine.
Condition: VG. Spine slightly cocked, corners slightly bumped, previous owner’s stamp on first free end-paper, slightly shaken. Gutters beginning to crack. Light foxing on paste-downs and free end-papers. Contents clean and slightly toned. Spine slightly bumped at top and bottom. Top edge slightly darkened.
“This contribution to the literature of English mountaineering and fell sports is one of the most amusing books that has come in our way for a long time. Mr. Benson’s humour is the outcome of sheer high spirits, and is so infectious that the reader finds it easy to forgive so cheery a companion even when he becomes, as sometimes happens, a trifle boisterous. The author is an enthusiastic cragsman who is imbued with the true spirit of the craft; and in his lightest-hearted mood he is always instructive when offering advice on the subject of climbing… Mr. Benson’s jovially written book [is] a certain remedy for an attack of the blues.” Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (December 1902)
