A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE LAKELAND FELLS : Book Two: The Far Eastern Fells

Wainwright, A

ISBN 10: 071814001X / ISBN 13: 9780718140014

Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1992

About this Item

This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black faux calf covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This copy is the Michael Joseph / Penguin facsimile re?issue of Wainwright?s original 1957 volume published by the Westmorland Gazette, preserving every hand?drawn map, diagram, and page of calligraphy exactly as he created them. It remains the definitive visual and topographical portrait of the the quiet, spacious uplands east of Ullswater and Haweswater. Wainwright?s treatment includes Detailed ascent routes, ridge and summit panoramas, hand?drawn maps with contouring and route variants, notes on character, difficulty, and solitude, observations on walls, becks, crags, and local history. Ref A6 4.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE LAKELAND FELLS : Book Two: The Far Eastern Fells
• Publisher: Michael Joseph, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071814001X
• ISBN 13: 9780718140014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

When is the best time to spot a shooting star or a glow worm? Where does a 'ha-ha' get its name? Why were yew trees planted in churchyards? Where would you find a green man or a Sheila-na-gig? In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson, a poet and author, travelled around Britain writing the story of the secret landscape all around us. This book, his exquisite classic of the countryside, is the result. From weathercocks to rainbows, place names and poets to mazes, dene-holes, crypts and sham ruins, via avenues, Roman roads, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you look beyond the familiar sights of our landscape and discover the hidden, magical world that remains, just off the motorway.

About the Author

Geoffrey Grigson was well known as a poet and broadcaster and is perhaps the most distinctive writer on British country life. Sophie Grigson is a well known food writer and critic - and his daughter.