Rural Rambles: First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. original decorative blue cloth with black, gold and silver decorationspine sunned and fraying to top and bottom. 2 pencil inscriptions dated 1882, slight foxing to prelims, front hinge slightly weak else a very clean tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable. 1st Edition. 188 pages with maps and walk drawings in the text, hints on map reading, mileages and hints of fares and trains to catch, some adverts, printed soft card covers all very good, contents clean and firm, slim small octavo. *If you love rambling and you walk near these Lancashire walks, this is the book for you. Many may have gone or changed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. original decorative blue cloth with black, gold and silver decoration Inscription. loss of glaze to a small area at top of spine. Very clean and tight internally. A nice copy.

Hardback. Condition: G+. No DW. 1st Edition. Green pictorial cloth. Various (private0 ownership marks at start. LACKING ONE PLATE (at page 9, touring amongst the windmills". Tight and sound book but showing major signs of wear and age including occasional quite heavy sppotting to text. Book is in good plus condition with very noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates and folding map; original pale green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. THE PUBLISHER'S 'TO THE READER' SLIP IS LOOSELY INSERTED. Clarke's classic travelogue covers the windmills of Lancashire. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Blythman 180.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. J. M. Dent & Sons 1916 1st book-form September 1916 edition. (Published serially in "Blackpool Gazette-News" February-June 1916 with chapters in "Liverpool weekly Post" and " My Magazine" (London) 1916. A journey around "The Fylde" and "Over Wyre" in Lancashire. Pictorial boards have light wear to extremities, bumping to top and tail of spine, toning to backstrip and one or two tiny marks. Spotting to page-block. Small date stamp to blank end paper and owners name has been tippexed out. (see image). Binding is solid with no cracks. Book has slight musty odour. There is foxing to text pages throughout, quite heavy in places. Plates are generally clean. i-xi, pp287, advertisement page. There is a total of 33 plates including tissue-guarded frontis and fold-out map opposite page 1, all as called-for. Overall good. No jacket. Seldom seen for sale.…

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates and folding map; original pale green cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in black, fore-edges very lightly spotted else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp, well-preserved set. THE PUBLISHER'S SEPARATELY PRINTED PRODUCTION SLIP IS LOOSELY INSERTED IN SECOND VOLUME. The set comprises Windmill Land (1916) and More Windmill Land (1917-1918). The windmills of Lancashire. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED. Blythman 180,181 respectively.…