A Week At The Lizard

Undated, Second Edition, 1864. Beautiful account of the Flora and Fauna, Geology etc. of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, by Naturalist and Author, Rev. C. A. Johns. Complete with Fold-out Map of the Lizard District. Frontis has engraved illus. of Kynance Cove, protected by tissue guard. Illustrated Title page with Vignette of Land's End, Floral design and Cornish Saltire, followed by printed title page. Well illustrated with Full-Page and In-Text B&W illustrations. Includes Mullion, Gunwalloe, Pilchard Fishery, Lizard Lights, Fishing, Chough, Smuggling and much more. Period Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering and Decorative Motif on spine. Blind stamped decorative ruled margin on front & back. 336 p. pages, 5 1/2" Tall. Closed tear to cloth on left side of spine and another half-way down right side, Tiny bits of cloth missing from spine ends. Faintpenciled bookseller note on endpaper. No other inscriptions. Rear hinge slightly cracked. Text block firm.