Fell Running Books

[Rawhead]

I recently discovered a copy of 'See The Conquering Hero Comes' in excellent condition. As it was from a print run of only 900 in 1973, I suspect this may now be quite rare.
Anyone any ideas as to its scarcity/value?

[markmc]

what a great discovery these books are hard to come by, you are looking at about £25-£40 for a copy, lucky me though i have 4 copys of the book which is a great bit of history about the senior guides race at Grasmere Sports.

[Rawhead]

Thanks for confirming what I had suspected MarkMc. I found it in amongst a stack of old climbing mags in a club hut and will now have to pass it back to the club librarian for safekeeping. As you said it is an excellent history of the guides races up to 1970.

[XRunner]

Grey Stone Books have republished another edition of this book by Ronald Turnbull and Roy Clayton:

The Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges. A Guide for Walkers and Hill Runners.

The new edition has 207 pages compared to the original edition which had 128 pages.

[wheezing donkey]

I recently discovered a copy of 'See The Conquering Hero Comes' in excellent condition. As it was from a print run of only 900 in 1973, I suspect this may now be quite rare.
Anyone any ideas as to its scarcity/value?

IIRC this book covers all the disciplines - hound trailing, wrestling etc. I'm sure it is this that I had a copy of in the mid '80's and gave it to a work colleague who was into the hound / terrier scene and the pro-sports thing ( back when we got suspended for showing an interest ).

[XRunner]

"See The Conquerining Hero Comes" by Michael Miller and Denis Bland is a history of the Guides Race at Grasmere Sports.

"Grasmere's Giants Of Today. A Pictorial Record" by Rex Woods is about all sports at the Grasmere Games.

There are several copies of the excellent book "Some Records Of The Grasmere Sports" by Hugh Machell (1911) on ABE.

[Sam Harrison]

I'm crap at running up hill so am tempted to get Kevin Shevels' Uphill Techniques For Off-Road Runners. Would you guys recommend it?

[FellJunior]

I've set up this page on my website in an attempt to keep track of classic fell running books for sale on Amazon. See 'Fell Running' tab.

[MorganW]

A couple of interesting books have emerged in recent weeks; not purely fell running in content but well worth a mention in this context.

First, Tim Noakes' Waterlogged which surveys current thinking about hydration in endurance exercise. A review from Joe Uhan on iRunFar here:

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/07/water...ring-book.html

And Andy Mouncey's Magic, Madness and Ultramarathon Running available here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Madnes...4954235&sr=1-1

[XRunner]

"See The Conquerining Hero Comes" by Michael Miller and Denis Bland is a history of the Guides Race at Grasmere Sports.

Another copy on sale on ABE for £15.00