9780117007406 - Cornwall Coast Path (Long Distance Footpath Guides) de Countryside Commission (18 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover with excellent, unmarked pages and VG exterior (slight to light handling). 112 pages, including several maps. [7oz]. Book.

Condición: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small (5" x 8") softcover.Detailed hiking/touring guide to this challenging yet beautiful section of England. Copious maps and illustrations. Sticker ghost on rear cover else very good with no marking, tears or other significant flaws. If you're planning or considering a tour in Cornwell this is the guide you need. Also a pleasure for the armchair traveler. (box 23).

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Good condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Long-distance footpath guide ; no.5. Physical description: vii,112p : ill. [some col], col. maps ; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography, p.112. Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) ; Description and travel ; Guidebooks. Long-distance footpaths. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Fair condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy and in a good readable condition.

paperback. Condición: Good. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Long-distance footpath guide ; no.5. Physical description: vii,112p : ill. [some col], col. maps ; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography, p.112. Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) ; Description and travel ; Guidebooks. Long-distance footpaths. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Paul Sharp; Harry Titcombe Ilustrador. Cover has some marks and light foxing, else book is in generally very good condition.

Paperback. Condición: Good. There are guidebooks that promise adventure, and then there are guidebooks that quietly suggest you may, at some point, need a sit down and a biscuit. Cornwall Coast Path by Edward C. Pyatt belongs firmly to the latter tradition: a practical, mildly stoical companion to one of the most beautiful?and deceptively demanding?stretches of walking in Britain. Published in 1981 by HMSO, this is the sort of book that assumes its reader is made of reasonably stern stuff. The Cornwall coast is all dramatic cliffs, sudden coves, Atlantic winds and views that insist on being admired even as your legs begin to question your life choices. Pyatt, one suspects, approaches it with the calm authority of someone who has already done the hard yards and sees no reason to dramatise matters unnecessarily. If there is a steep ascent, it will be noted. If there is a fine view, it will be acknowledged. If there is both at once, well, that is Cornwall. What makes a guide like this so appealing is its understated confidence. There is no breathless enthusiasm here, no attempt to sell the walk as a life-changing spiritual journey (though it may well become one, particularly if you underestimate the gradients). Instead, you get the quiet reassurance of a book that knows exactly what it is doing: guiding you, step by step, along a coastline that has been wearing down walkers as efficiently as it has been wearing down the land itself. It is less ?inspiration? and more ?instruction with occasional encouragement,? which, in truth, is probably what you need when faced with another headland. There is also something deeply charming about the era. A 1981 guidebook carries with it a certain pre-digital innocence: no GPS, no live updates, no helpful strangers on forums explaining that you took the wrong fork three miles back. Just you, the path, the weather, and this book. If you get lost, you will do so in a properly traditional manner, perhaps with a vague sense that this is all part of the experience. And it is. The Cornwall Coast Path has a way of reminding you that navigation, like walking, is a skill rather than a guarantee. As a good copy sold by Crappy Old Books, this particular edition has exactly the right credentials. A pristine guide to a rugged coastline would feel faintly suspicious, as though it had never been trusted with the job. This one, by contrast, has likely spent some time in a rucksack, consulted at windy junctions, and possibly opened with hands that were not entirely clean. A little wear only adds to its authority. It looks like a book that has been places, which is precisely what you want from a guide. Of course, there is a gentle irony in reading about the Cornwall Coast Path from the comfort of a chair. The cliffs are no less dramatic for it, but the effort required is significantly reduced. One can admire the descriptions, trace the routes, and imagine oneself striding confidently along the edge of the Atlantic without ever encountering the small matter of gravity. And yet, there is also a quiet temptation here: the sense that perhaps one day you might actually follow the path, book in hand, and see whether the reality matches the calm, measured prose. In the end, Cornwall Coast Path is exactly what it claims to be: a reliable, no-nonsense guide to a landscape that does not require embellishment. It offers direction, perspective, and just enough detail to keep you moving forward, whether in reality or imagination. A solid, slightly weathered companion for walkers, dreamers, and anyone who suspects that the best views are usually reached just after you begin to wonder why you started. THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Paperback. 112pp.a nice clean paperback ,very useful for walkers and hickers, not inscribed, sound troughout.long distance footpath no5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Good condition paperback pictorial no DJ. 112 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. Maps in colouir, balck and white photographs and other illustrations.

Softcover. Condición: Good. Clean, bright and tight copy.

First edition, second printing. Near fine paperback original.

First edition, first printing. Very good paperback original.