Autobiography of one of England's pioneering climbers. Hardcover first edition, second printing, flat-signed by Joe Brown on title page. W/ dust jacket in protective vinyl cover, minor chips and tears in dj.
Brown was one of the early climbing everymen, coming from a working-class background and rising to major ascents including participating in the first ascents of Kanchenjunga and Muztagh Tower in the Himalaya and Karakoram. You can read more about Brown in this book (Ha!) or on Wikipedia.
256 pages, with index and 42 photographs/illustrations.
