Search Results: the night climbers of cambridge by whipplesnaith noel howard

Oleander Press, Cambridge, c.2007, (orig.ed.c.1937), 8vo., cloth, 227pp., photos., VG/VG $

Chatto And Windus, 1952. 1952 reprint. hardcover. 183pp, original blue cloth, sunning to spine, internally very clean indeed, VG, no dustwrapper.. A fascinating book, with many photographs, of Cambridge students and friends climbing precarious and daring routes on the University buildings under the cover of night. Whipplesnaith is pseudonym of Noel Howard Symington.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: Chatto & Windus,, 1937. First edition, first impression, of this cult classic of night-time climbing on the roofs of Cambridge colleges, which has proved an inspiration for generations of urban explorers. The first impression of October 1937 is very uncommon and much sought after; more commonly encountered is the November reprint. The improbably named author "Whipplesnaith" was in fact a certain Noël Howard Symington, of King's College. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, spine lettered in blue metallic foil, twin rule to turn-ins in blue metallic foil, blue endpapers, gilt edges. Half-tone frontispiece from a photograph, 27 half-tone leaves printed on both sides. A fine copy.