Landmarks by Macfarlane Robert (98 results)

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

paperback. Condition: Good. Penguin, 2016; SIGNED by MacFarlane on title page, no further inscription; x, 434pp. Spine beginning to crease, but binding remains sound. Light shelfwear to wraps. Toning to page block. Interior free of markings save signature. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Signed by Author.

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it. Praise for Robert Macfarlane: 'He has a poet's eye and a prose style that will make many a novelist burn with envy' John Banville, Observer "I'll read anything Macfarlane writes" David Mitchell, Independent 'Every movement needs stars. In [Macfarlane] we surely have one, burning brighter with each book.' Telegraph '[Macfarlane] is a godfather of a cultural moment' Sunday Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Hamish Hamilton, 2016.Wrappers. Neat ink note on prelim o/w very good indeed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK PROOF Edition, First UK proof edition with a single number [1] to the copyright page, Very scarce proof.

First edition. First printing. Fine hardback in Fine unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine UK first edition, fourth printing hardback (light pushing to head of spine) in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: As New. br. ed. pp.448. Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped dustwrapper, now protected, has small tearand crease around top back corner.Slight stain on back cover. Otherwise all is bright and clean and apparently unread. Print number 005.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition/First Printing with the "001" code to the copyright page; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only light age-toning to the page edges (common for the title). SIGNED with a doodle by the author to the title page. An outstanding copy of this "celebration of language and landscape"; uncommon signed and in NF to Fine condition. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gibbs, Jonathan (illustrator). 1st Edition. British Exclusive Signed edition, seventh printing, 2015. With original unclipped jacket (£20.00). Jacket still has the 'Signed Copy' sticker to front. Signed by the author in black ink directly to front limitation 'Landmarks' page without dedication. Index. Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, odd minor crease/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are tanned (due to quality of paper used). Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A very fine first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread gift condition and SIGNED by this acclaimed author to the title page.An outstanding copy. BOXED DESPATCH. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (slight toning) in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & LINED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author. Pages clean and bright, inscription on half-title page, boards and dust jacket tidy. Size: 8vo. Signed By the Author.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

First editions, all signed by the author, three works additionally signed by the contributors Jackie Morris and Dan Richards. This representative collection of Macfarlane's writings includes his first book, Mountains of the Mind, the winner of the 2004 Somerset Maugham Award; his acclaimed work of linguistic preservation, The Lost Words; and his latest publication, Is A River Alive? From perilous peaks to ancient woodlands and the subterranean world, Macfarlane's explorations of nature and culture have received widespread popular and critical acclaim. The Lost Words, championing terms such as acorn and bramble which were dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary due to lack of use by children, inspired fundraising which placed a copy in every Scottish primary school and all British hospices. "Swimming down a tidal cave in Wales, [Macfarlane] saw at the end of it 'a vast white boulder. shaped roughly like a throne', undocumented, unexplained. A cave in Cumbria, in northern England, was framed by two great guard-stones with a holly tree across the entrance, just like the entrance to Moria in Tolkien. But what he sees is not fantasy. Nor is his whole project to 're-wild' our vocabulary. It is also to stretch our shrunken imaginations, even (he hopes, in the end) to 'irrigate the dry meta-language of modern policy making'. He is the great nature writer, and nature poet, of this generation" (Shippey). Holloway (2013) and Ness (2019) are both first trade editions, each published the previous year in a limited edition by Quive-Smith. The Lost Words is signed by Macfarlane and Morris on the publisher's bookplate. Tom Shippey, "Why You Can't Say Where You Are", Wall Street Journal, 5 Aug. 2016. Together, 10 works, octavos and a quarto. Many illustrations, including colour and photographic. Original bindings with dust jackets (Lost Words issued without jacket). Three vols with "Signed" sticker. A few spine ends bumped; jackets unclipped, a couple of creases, Mountains of the Mind spine sunned, otherwise bright: overall, a near-fine set in like jackets.