Stalactite press calgary (1 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. F-. First Edition. VG/F-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (binding lightly marked, faint leaf edge speckling, internally clean) in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. viii, 264, with illustrations. A very good copy. Includes an account of the Mossdale Tragedy, which took the lives of 6 cavers in Yorkshire. Ex-libris Cornish artist and climber Victor Bramley (1933-2014), with his name in pencil to FFE. Elected to the St Ives Society of Artists in 1961, Victor's art was deeply rooted in his love of nature and the landscapes he explored. His formative journey began as an escape from the steelworks of Sheffield to the quiet countryside of nearby Derbyshire, which he fondly described as 'Paradise'. 'I spent many weekends tramping the hills and dales, camping or sleeping rough, scrambling through caves and potholes, and climbing the gritstone edges,' he recalled.…