Mini Guides

Orders for multiple copies can be made via email: davidprice5252@gmail.com or, if you don’t use PayPal and prefer to pay by bank transfer, please email me your order with your postal address, we will send an invoice. Collections from BL1 can be facilitated by appointment.

Recent Developments in and Around Saddleworth by Tony Howard with the assistance of Dave Boeckstyns and Mick Shaw, illustrated by Malc Baxter, published by Cockerel Books, 2022, 26 page card covered A5 pamphlet. Published in aid of Community Action Nepal (CAN), Registered Charity number: 1067772. £8.00 plus £1.95 P+P

The full sale price of each booklet (£8.00) will be donated to CAN without deduction.

We are delighted to publish this climbing supplement. Written by Tony Howard and illustrated by Malc Baxter, this booklet documents three crags in and around the Saddleworth area: Castle Dean Rocks, Delph Donkey Crag and Running Hill Rocks. It contains descriptions plus four annotated line drawings and one photo topo; it took over four hundred hours to produce. The print bill was paid by Needle Sports, Outside of Hathersage and Cockerel Books and the full cover price of £8.00 will be donated without deduction to Community Action Nepal: here

£8.00 plus £1.95 P+P

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Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries, by David Price with the assistance of Dave Cronshaw, Les Ainsworth and Robin Müller Illustrated by Malc Baxter, published jointly by Cockerel Books and Vertebrate Publishing, 2021, 72 page perfect bound paperback, 246 mm × 174 mm in landscape format. ISBN 978-1-909461-56-7.

A limited edition of five hundred copies, signed by David Price and Malc Baxter. A one off publication to celebrate Malc Baxter's sixty years illustrating UK climbing guidebooks. This book contains 60 boulder problems and 189 trad routes across all four quarries, nineteen original drawings, photographs and an illustrated narrative about Malc’s career. £20.00 plus £2.10 P+P

Special introductory offer £16.00 including P+P to any UK address.

With each purchase of a first edition book, you will be automatically entered into a draw; the winner will receive a specially commissioned original drawing of The Prow in Wilton One, by Malc Baxter. This is an original piece and is framed to a very high standard with non-reflective glass and double mount. The prize is worth £150.00! Post to any UK address will be included. You can see our rules here.

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Collectors Bundle – only fifteen copies available.

Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries, a standard copy of the signed and numbered limited edition book with a low or attractive number. In addition this collectors bundle includes the following items:

A numbered limited edition fine art print of the books cover drawing, Sanction Wall – Wilton Four. Printed on 220gm natural while (off white) giclee paper the print is 174mm x 246mm in size. Each print is signed by Malc Baxter and is limited to sixty individually numbered copies.

In addition to the standard book signatures of David Price and Malc Baxter, the title page is signed by seven additional contributors: Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw, Robin Müller, Rosie Edwards, Martin Simpson, Craig Bailey and John Barton.

Also included is a postcard with all the above signatures plus those of Ian Lonsdale, Julia Uttley, Alex Andrews, Tim Greenhalgh, Mark Stevenson and Ian Smith, sixteen of the books contributors in total.

Please email to discuss the numbers available, until sold some are very good indeed (book 8/500 with print 8/60): davidprice5252@gmail.com

Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries, Collectors Bundle £29.95 including P+P order here

Moorland Grit – New routes and Bouldering in the North-West Peak District, Paul Durkin, published privately, July 2021, A5 perfect bound paperback, 198 pages, signed by Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston £16.00 + £1.99 P+P

The popular climbing areas around Glossop and the north-west Peak District have been written about in many guidebooks. Moorland Grit by Paul Durkin features those lost and hidden crags often overlooked by previous explorers and scribes. Featuring 340 routes from Mod to E3 and 425 boulder problems. It took Paul ten years to write and contains a huge amount of information.

Multi signed copies £16.00 + £1.99 P+P order here

ISBN: 978-1-909461-57-4

Ballater Rock Climbs by Jules Lines, privately published, 2021, 82 page perfect bound laminated paperback, 105 mm × 148 mm, signed by Jules Lines. Only 300 copies have been printed.

A charming and well produced guidebook by Boardman Tasker winning author and one of Britain's most accomplished free solo climbers. This book is truly pocket size and describes climbs around Ballater in Aberdeenshire. Jules wrote all the descriptions from scratch and climbed every route!

Special introductory offer of £12.95 including P+P to any UK address.

SOLD OUT, new edition in production expected August 2022.

You can read our review here

Harpur Hill, by Gary Gibson, published privately, 2021, 30 page A5 booklet in landscape format.

This is the twenty-first UK climbing guide either written, compiled or edited by Gary Gibson. Each copy is signed by the author. This is an up to date topo guide to Harpur Hill in Derbyshire with 333 routes and twenty two topos. The publication includes an original line drawing of Papacy Buttress by Malc Baxter and was designed by Tim Hoddy.

£10.00 plus £2.10 P+P

Out of print

GSY TRAD — New Routes Pamphlet, a List of New Routes on Guernsey, James Burton, published jointly by James Burton and Cockerel Books, December 2019 (reprinted with amendments July 2021), A5 booklet, 20 pages.

£5.00 + £1.00 P+P order here

GSY Trad — New Routes Pamphlet, a List of New Routes on Guernsey, James Burton, published jointly by James Burton and Cockerel Books, December 2019, A5 booklet, 20 pages, only 50 individually numbered copies published £8.95 + £1.00 P+P

SOLD OUT, new edition in production, expected July 2021.

A Historic Guide to Climbs at Giggleswick Quarry, by Nigel Baker & David Price, with assistance from: Malc Baxter, Paul Clarke, Bob Larkin & Dave Musgrove, Cockerel Books, August 2020, A5 booklet, 16 pages, flapped cover & A3 pull out topo, a limited edition of 50 numbered copies, signed on the title page by Nigel Baker, David Price and Malc Baxter £14.95 + £1.00 P+P.

Only a few copies left and not reprinting, orders can be made via PayPal by using this link here otherwise you can email: davidprice5252@gmail.com

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PLEASE NOTE: CLIMBING IS CURRENTLY BANNED AT GIGGLESWICK QUARRY.

A Historic Guide to Climbs at Giggleswick Quarry Second Edition, by Nigel Baker & David Price, Cockerel Books, October 2020, A5 booklet, 16 pages, a revised second economy edition signed on the title page by Nigel Baker, David Price and Malc Baxter £7.95

Signed copy £7.95 + £1.00 P+P order here

A Historic Guide to Climbs at Giggleswick Quarry Second Edition, by Nigel Baker & David Price, Cockerel Books, October 2020, A5 booklet, 16 pages, a revised second economy edition £5.95

The second edition has no flaps, is not a limited edition, the contributor profiles have been removed and the topo is A5 not A3. There is one additional image and a new cover design. Orders can be made via PayPal by using the following links, otherwise you can email: davidprice5252@gmail.com

Unsigned copy £5.95 + £1.00 P+P order here

Oxford – The Complete Buildering Guide, Alexander N, privately published by Alexander N & Whipplesnaith, June 2020, A5 pamphlet, 16 pages, a limited edition of only 50 numbered copies, a guide to climbing on man-made structures in Oxford £9.95 plus £1.00 P+P

Only a few first editions left, orders can be made via PayPal by using this link here otherwise you can email: davidprice5252@gmail.com

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Oxford – The Complete Buildering Guide (reprint), Alexander N, privately published by Alexander N & Whipplesnaith, June 2020, A5 pamphlet, 16 pages, reprinted with amendments, October 2020. This copy is not numbered £5.00

£5.00 + £1.00 P+P order here

Yorkshire Limestone — Recent Sport Climbing Development 2015-2020, compiled by Dave Musgrove & David Price, published privately, on behalf of the Yorkshire Bolt Fund, 2nd reprint with amendments, unnumbered, July 2020, A5 pamphlet, 20 pages, signed by Dave Musgrove, Nigel Baker & David Price £10.00 + £1.00 P+P

We have a small quantity of 1st editions, reprints and second reprints available signed by, signed by Dave Musgrove, Nigel Baker & David Price. To discuss your requirements, please email: davidprice5252@gmail.com

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Gower New Developments 2018, Tim Hoddy, Roy Thomas & Alan Rosier, South Wales Climbing Wiki, 2020 reprint, A5 pamphlet, 12 pages, only 80 copies printed with very limited availability.

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Gower New Developments 2019, Tim Hoddy, Roy Thomas & Alan Rosier, South Wales Climbing Wiki, 2020 reprint, A5 pamphlet, 8 pages, only 80 copies printed with very limited availability.

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Gower New Developments 2020, Tim Hoddy, Nick Taylor, Roy Thomas, Alan Rosier & Gwyn Edwards, South Wales Climbing Wiki, 2020, A5 pamphlet, 16 pages, a numbered limited edition of 100 copies with limited availability.

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Lancashire Rock Update (2019), Les Ainsworth & Dave Cronshaw, privately published, 2019, 93 page A5 booklet, new routes and a comprehensive first ascents list £8.00 + £2.10 P+P

£8.00 + £2.10 P+P order here

£8.00 from this sale goes to the Lancashire Guidebook & Fixed Gear Fund, run by Les Ainsworth.

Lancashire Rock — Further Developments (2020), compiled by Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw and Gordon Mason, 2020, 26 page A5 booklet, £8.00 + £1.50 P+P

£8.00 + £1.50 P+P order here

£8.00 from this sale goes to the Lancashire Guidebook & Fixed Gear Fund, run by Les Ainsworth.

If you have written a mini-guide and would like to see it published, please get in touch. Email: davidprice5252@gmail.com