Don Whillans Portrait of a Mountaineer
Book Description
Don Whillans: Portrait of a Mountaineer by Don Whillans and Alick Ormerod (William Heinemann Ltd, 1st edition 1971).
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp ix, 266 plus b/w illustrations. Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (222mm x 142mm).
Dustwrapper with a few tears and creasing to upper edge; small puncture to spine (next to upper corner of 19A filmstrip on spine); light wear and rubbing to extremities. Cloth clean and bright; light rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. A little dustiness to pages but generally very clean throughout.
Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy – presenting well.
Dealer Notes
From the dustwrapper blurb: Whillans has kept a series of diaries from 1951 onwards, and from these has vividly and authentically reconstructed his famous climbs.
Author
Don Whillans and Alick Ormerod
Date
1971
Publisher
William Heinemann
Other books
If you liked the book you've just seen, you might be interested in other books from the same dealer below.
A Century of Golf: Penrith Golf Club 1890-1990
Jack Savage, John Taylor and Frank Shaw
Penrith Golf Club
£15.00
Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller
From Seat Naze to Ewood Lane Head – A Chronicle of...
G. T. Horrocks
£25.00
Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller
The Lady’s and Gentleman’s Diary; Vox Stellarum Al...
Francis Moore, John Partridge, W. S. B. Woolhouse, &c.
£45.00
Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller
Me and Catharine Susan earns an honest penny
Kathleen Ainslie
Castell Brothers
£95.00
Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller
Friends of the PBFA
For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.
Please email info@pbfa.org for more information