The Hard Years

Description:

First published in 1967, Joe Brown’s classic mountaineering autobiography. Brown recounts his rise from a working-class Manchester childhood to become one of the outstanding British climbers of the post-war period, describing pioneering climbs in Britain and the Alps and major expeditions to the greater ranges, including the celebrated first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955 with George Band.

Condition

Vg, pages slightly browned, light crease to rear cover. Flat signed by Joe Brown to the title page; examples bearing his signature are uncommon on the market.