Publicado por Westmorland Gazette, U.K., 1977
Librería: The Bark of the Beech Tree, Depoe Bay, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. A. (Alfred) Wainwright Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991) described himself as a "fellwanderer", and he probably wandered, walked, hiked and climbed around the fells of the picturesque English Lake District more than anyone else. He is best known for his charming and informative series of seven little books, "Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells". Those guide books were illustrated with his own highly accomplished drawings and printed from his own hand lettering. Here, we have a substantial book of his drawings with detailed captions (as usual, printed from his own hand lettering) describing the changes that the major Lake District town of Kendal went through between 1800 and 1900. The book is near fine, with a faint stain on the bottom edge of the textblock and an inscription on the front endpaper (mentioning the "Auld Grey Town", a nickname that Kendal acquired because of its grey, weather-beaten limestone buildings). The dust jacket is a little unkempt - good plus. Price-clipped and generally grubby, with tears, nicks and chips to the worn edges, small loss either side of the top of spine, and a 3.5" tear down front gutter.
Publicado por Westmoreland Gazette, Kendal, 1977
Librería: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. First Edition. Tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a tatty unclipped dustjacket. The back board has remains of the back cover of the dustjacket stuck to it where it has been placed in a damp/wet place. The dustjacket is chipped and creased at the edes of the front cover and foldovers. A small section of the back cover is present. Unpaginated, 130 illustrations in the text.
Publicado por Ground Up Productions Ltd, 2008
ISBN 10: 0955441714 ISBN 13: 9780955441714
Librería: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 327 pages illustrated. A very good copy with no previous ownership markings and no creases.
Publicado por Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, 1977
Librería: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, Estados Unidos de America
A. Wainwright Ilustrador. 0 Includes illustrations. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. light shelfwear,
Publicado por Published by Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, Westmorland First Edition . Kendal 1977., 1977
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep green leatherette cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. Quarto landscape 9'' x 11''. Monochrome drawings throughout. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 6 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. LAKE DISTRICT.