Pedantic Press publications incorporate precision and prose, pedantry and poetry, the scientific and romantic, the eccentric and mundane. Subject matter is based on hills and hill walking but the stories cover a wide range of topics and themes.
Books and booklets
The latest book from Pedantic Press is now available.
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The Relative Mountains of Earth: The Ribus, by Daniel Patrick Quinn, November 2024.
350 pages, including 158 colour photographs, 64 stories and several articles. A Ribu is a mountain with one thousand metres of topographic prominence. They are the 7150 most prominent peaks on our planet. This book lists all of them. It is a comprehensive catalogue of the world's most prominent mountains and is the result of many years of meticulous research of an eclectic array of data sources, including topographic maps, GPS records, and digital elevation models from orbiting satellites. It also includes numerous photographs, eccentric stories, intriguing articles, fascinating facts and informative indexes about the mountains of the world, from the magnificent and famous to the mundane and obscure. |
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The 1033 High Hills of Britain, by Alan Dawson, 2021.
420 pages, including 223 colour photographs, 107 stories and 20 themes. This is a reference book and a non-fiction story book about the high hills of Scotland, England and Wales. The precise summit and col heights are the outcome of many years of meticulous surveying and outdoor research, while the original, personal and inspirational stories about climbing these hills provide a human angle to complement the precision of the topographic data. The book includes the most accurate hill list ever published as well as numerous stories, from long days in the Cairngorms, the undulating and rarely-climbed summits of the Monadhliath, the higher hills in the Lake District, Snowdonia and elsewhere. as well as the intricacies of surveying the Cuillin hills on Skye. |
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 | Tales from the Grahams: 231 medium-sized hills of Scotland, by Alan Dawson and Ann Bowker, 2022.
376 pages, with 180 colour photographs. This book contains the final, definitive list of the 231 Grahams, a tale or two about every one of them, and historical information about the origins of the list and the tragedy of Fiona Torbet (née Graham), who provided the name for the list. It is a reference book and an illustrated story book, not a guidebook that tells you which way to go. The tables record the key topographic characteristics of the hills and the tales describe aspects of climbing them, for one person on one day. The tales capture the spirit and variety of hill walking in all its unpredictable splendour and suffering, covering the highs, the lows and the lulls in between. |
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 | Ten Tables of Grahams: The Official List, by Alan Dawson, 2022.
24 pages, available as a printed booklet or digital download. Thirty years after the term Grahams was first applied to a set of hills, the definitive list of them is finally published. This booklet provides the ten key tables of topographic data, plus explanatory text and colour photographs. All the key summits have been meticulously surveyed using highly accurate satellite technology, as well as all the critical cols, all the possible high points, the near misses and potential twin peaks. The final change to the set of Grahams is the inclusion of twelve hills from 600 to 609.6 metres high. This simplifies the metric height limits and enhances the list by adding several rugged and interesting summits. |
Albums
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Songs from the Grahams, by Strident Edge, December 2023. 18 tracks.
This is the soundtrack for the book Tales from the Grahams: 231 medium sized hills of Scotland. All tracks are studio recordings. The album is available on CD, with an eight-page booklet featuring original photographs and all lyrics. Cost is £5 including postage to UK addresses. A discount is available if ordered together with the book. To order a copy of the album, see the Orders page. |
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Songs from the High Hills, by Strident Edge, December 2020. 18 tracks.
This the second full-length album by Strident Edge, It is the soundtrack for the book The 1033 High Hills of Britain, published in February 2021. All tracks are studio recordings. The album is available on CD, with a 12-page booklet featuring original photographs and all lyrics, or as an MP3 download for registered users. Cost is £5 including postage to UK addresses. A discount is available if ordered together with the book. To order a copy of the album, see the Orders page. |
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Relative Shambles, by Strident Edge, December 2017. 18 tracks.
This is the first full-length album by Strident Edge. It is an eclectic collection of old and new songs, with old and new melodies. The first fourteen tracks are studio recordings. The last four tracks are historical live recordings of variable quality. The album is available on CD and is supplied with a 16-page booklet featuring original photographs and all lyrics. There is less original music than on later albums and the quality is variable, so this CD is available free of charge when ordering any other album or book. To order a copy of the CD, add a note when placing an order via the Orders page. |
Ordering
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