London, Faber and Faber, 1964 Bound, blue dust hardcover with silver print, original editor's jacket, 22.1x14.3 cm., 189 pp., in-text illustrations in b/w.
Combines a through grounding in the basic craft of mountain-climbing, from hill-walking through easy rock-climbing to ascents on snow and ice, with an account of the modern advanced climbing techniques such as "Artificial". This is the first book of general climbing instruction to give a detailed explanation of Artificial Climbing methods.