An iconic book from the 1970s, this book compiles 60 high-quality, hard rock climbs from across the UK: 11 in the Lake District; 15 in Wales; 17 from sea cliffs and remote areas; and 17 from Scotland.
It's both a guidebook and a coffee-table book: each climb gets a topo drawing, a short informational section, high-quality photography, and an essay by a local or famous climber. Contributors include Chris Bonington; Royal Robbins; Doug Scott; Hamish MacInnes; Al Alvarez; and others. The book was edited by Ken Wilson, who ran Mountain magazine, the most influential British climbing publication of the day.
Hardcover, coffee-table format. Dust-jacket complete in mylar with one small tear at bottom of front inside flap, not price-clipped. 220 pages, b&w photos throughout, with index. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked. Slight old-book smell.
