Statement: The Ben Moon Story (First Edition, Signed)

The authorised biography of Ben Moon, the British climber who made the first ascent of Hubble in 1990, signed by both subject and author.

Moon was born in London in 1966 and began climbing on the sandstone of Kent and Sussex. On 14 June 1990 he made the first ascent of Hubble at Raven Tor in the Peak District, which is widely regarded as the world’s first F9a. He became a pioneer of the sport-climbing revolution of the 1980s and a leading boulderer of the 1990s. Douglas draws on interviews with Moon, comments from family and friends, and extracts from magazines, diaries and letters, and argues that Moon was not the anti-traditional renegade he is often painted as. Vertebrate published the book in March 2015, and it is the only authorised biography of its subject.

First edition, signed by both Ben Moon and Douglas to the title in blue ink. Octavo. xiii, 230pp., with colour photographic sections. Black cloth, lettered in white to the cover and spine, with a photographic vignette to the cover. A touch of shelf fading to the spine and some rubbing to the cover titling. Otherwise fine throughout.

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Catalogue Number: HH000874