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BAKER, .A.(Lond.), ERNEST A: : MOORS,CRAGS AND CAVES OF THE HIGH PEAK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

UK.TIVERTON,DEVON.HALSGROVE,2002.

ISBN 1841141712.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd facsimile edn. [Facsimile 2nd edn.Originally published by John Haywood Ltd.,1903.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour scenic photographic illustrated upper wrap of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w map endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd facsimile edn,10-207pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,43 contemporary b/w photographs (frntis included) throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] title page,b/w photographic frntis,modern introduction,facsimile preface,contents+illus lists/tables. First published in 1903,this is a long awaited reprint of the classic study of the earliest years of walking,rock climbing and caving in the Peak District and its neighbourhood.It recounts the exploits of the renowned Kyndwr Club,a group of Sheffield and Derby walkers and climbers, which was founded in 1900. Ernest Baker led the Derby contingent,and this is his highly acclaimed personal account of some of the club's most notable early expeditions, including many first ascents - and descents - of the Peak's crag and cave challenges. Baker's highly descriptive accounts,especially those of crossing the high,and at the time forbidden,moorlands,have become classics in Peakland literature. In addition to the descriptions of the club's regular trespasses over Kinder Scout and Bleaklow,there are also accounts of ascents of Cratcliff Tor,Robin Hood's Stride and Cromford Black Rocks and some of the earliest descents of Eldon Hole,the Bottomless Pit in Speedwell Cavern,with maps and plans. Enest A. Baker was born in Bath in 1869 and gained a First Class Honours degree in English at London University in 1896.He gained his MA in Classics in 1898 and was awarded a doctorate in Literature in 1908. In 1893 he had been appointed librarian at the Midland Railway Institute at Derby, later moving to Wallasey and finally Woolwich.He was also author of 'A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fictions',and editor of Half-forgotten Books. He married Louise Gardiner,who died in 1932,and the couple had two sons and two daughters.Baker died in January 1941 at Blackheath,and his obituary in the 'Derbyshire Advertiser' stated: 'Baker was autocratic and intolerant of incompetence or indolence in either work or recreation, and did not seek to obtain popularity with the average man.' Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight (675g unpackaged) and value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd facsimile edn.
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