{"product_id":"bradford-on-mt-washington-first-edition-inscribed-by-author","title":"Bradford on Mt. Washington (First Edition, Inscribed by Author)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(44, 92, 79);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA teenage Washburn’s account of climbing Mount Washington, inscribed by him at eighty with a letter revealing how the inscription came about.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBradford Washburn (1910–2007) was a mountaineer, aerial photographer and, from 1939 to 1980, director of the Boston Museum of Science. He published this book as a teenager, the second of three in a series on his early climbing for Putnam, after \u003cem\u003eAmong the Alps with Bradford\u003c\/em\u003e (1927) and before \u003cem\u003eBradford on Mount Fairweather\u003c\/em\u003e (1930). The volume describes ascents in the White Mountains and is illustrated with his own photographs. His later career in Alaska and elsewhere makes the early books collectable. In 1990 Washburn inscribed this copy for Heinke Forfota, a friend of Mike Chessler and Rob Failing, at the request of Failing, whose typed letter is present. The inscription and letter show the author, at eighty, looking back affectionately on the book he wrote as a youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, inscribed by author. \u003c\/strong\u003eOctavo. x, 123, [iv: advertisements]pp., with photographic illustrations. Purple cloth, lettered in black, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Washburn to the first blank leaf: “for Heinke Forfota from Brad Washburn”, dated 7 September 1990. His longer inscription refers to Forfota’s friends Mike Chessler and Rob Failing and to their shared love of hiking and climbing in the mountains. With a typed letter from R. M. Failing to Washburn requesting the inscription. Good. Jacket worn and chipped along the edges and spine, some tape repairs present to internal faces. Binding a touch loose at the front hinge. Hardcover boards lightly faded along the upper and lower edges, patch of damage to front foredge, likely from a bump. Contents generally clean and bright, with a little toning along the edges. A good copy with a lovely provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNot currently on display in store. For viewing or more information, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000877\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bradford Washburn Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68971655889139,"sku":"1110003023766","price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/2_31ba1b31-ddf2-42c5-b1ea-26122dd06eae.png?v=1794370845","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/bradford-on-mt-washington-first-edition-inscribed-by-author","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}