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A Second Edition, [First Printing] of 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book Five, The Northern Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District' by Alfred Wainwright et al. in Fine condition in a Fine condition pictorial dust jacket published by Frances Lincoln Limited in 2007

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book Five, The Northern Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District [Pictorial Guide Series Number Five] by Alfred Wainwright and Chris Jesty, Second

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Condition Summary: (Fine/Fine) A very tidy, tightly bound book with clean boards and pages, in a clean bright dust jacket

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Book Number B0012630
Title A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book Five, The Northern Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District
Author(s) Author: Wainwright, Alfred Illustrator: Alfred Wainwright Revised by: Jesty, Chris

Alfred Wainwright (1907 to 1991)—British fell walker, guidebook author and illustrator, best known for his seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the standard reference work to the 214 fells of the English Lake District, which are now known as 'Wainwrights'. He also wrote and illustrated numerous other books on the Lake District, Scotland, Northern England and Wales including two of his other major works, Westmorland Heritage and Wainwright in Lakeland

Edition and Format Second Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publishers imprint information and publisher's imprint line 987654321. Dust jacket edition identified by: Blurb and priced £12.99 on the front flap. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 05]

Hardcover, 12 mo 178 mm (7 inches) by 123 mm (4 7/8 inches). [295] printed pages in original maroon rexine with silver 'The Northern Fells' on the spine, 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells', 'A Wainwright' and 'Book Five, The Northern Fells' on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white strip maps and illustrations by Alfred Wainwright. ISBN 0711226679 [9780711226678]
Publisher(s) Frances Lincoln Limited, London, 2007

Frances Lincoln Limited—(Founded in 1977) A British publisher founded by Frances Elisabeth Rosemary Lincoln (1945-2001) and specialising in walking and the outdoors, art, architecture, design and landscape. The took over the rights for Alfred Wainwrights books from Michael Joseph in 2003.
Westmorland Gazette—(Founded in 1818) A British publisher which publishes the main weekly newspaper for the Lake District, but is probably best known as the publisher of books by Alfred Wainwright. They were the publishers all but one of of Wainwrights books from 1964 (with the publication of The North-Western Fells) to the last Sketchbook (the Peak District Sketchbook, which was the last ever Wainwright book containing new illustrations) in 1984. Wainwright in Lakeland, although originally published by Abott Hall, was printed by The Westmorland Gazette and published by them in a later edition. Walks from Ratty is the only true exception, published by Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company. The first printing was printed by the Westmorland Gazette (this later changed to Titus Wilson), but they never actually acted as the publisher. Note on identifying first editions: The Westmorland Gazette had no consistent system for identifying first editions. Most Pictorial Guide Series books have an impression number printed in them if they are later printings, although this practice seems to have been abandoned some time in the 1980s. First editions of other books can only be identified by reference to specific points on a book by book basis, with the published price being a common issue. Lists of other books in print found at the start of many titles were rarely updated after the early to mid 1970s and provide almost no assistance in identifying editions.

Series Pictorial Guide Series Number Five

Pictorial Guide Series—The first and best known series of Wainwrights books to be published, initially containing just seven seven volumes: The Eastern Fells, The Far Eastern Fells, The Central Fells, The Southern Fells, The Northern Fells, The North Western Fells and the Western Fells. The series is an entirely hand drawn set of books (including all the text) in fine detail, providing an informative guide to the Lake District. The series was gradually extended with the addition of The Pennine Way Companion, Walks in Limestone Country, Walks on the Howgill Fells, The Coast to Coast Walk, The Outlying Fells and finally Walks from Ratty. Each chapter of each book describes a series of routes up one of the fells through strip maps and accompanying commentary and illustrations of the topography. The original series features 214 summits, which have become known as 'The Wainwrights'. The series contains 13 books. The first book was originally published in 1955 and the last book was originally published in 1978. Titles in the series include: 'Book 1: The Eastern Fells (1955)', 'Book 2: The Far Eastern Fells (1957)', 'Book 3: The Central Fells (1958)', 'Book 4: The Southern Fells (1960)', 'Book 5: The Northern Fells (1962)', 'Book 6: The North Western Fells (1964)', 'Book 7: The Western Fells (1966)', 'Pennine Way Companion (1968)', 'Walks in Limestone Country (1970)', 'Walks on the Howgill Fells (1972)', 'A Coast to Coast Walk (1973)', 'The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974)' and 'Walks From Ratty (1978)'

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The fifth of Wainwrights books to be published (and the last to be published by Henry Marshall), forming part of the seven volume Pictorial Guide Series. Each chapter describes a series of routes up one of the fells through strip maps and accompanying commentary and illustrations of the topography.

There are twenty four sections: 1—'Bakestall', 2—'Bannerdale Crags', 3—'Binsey', 4—'Blencathra', 5—'Bowscale Fell', 6—'Brae Fell', 7—'Carl Side', 8—'Carrock Fell', 9—'Dodd', 10—'Great Calva', 11—'Great Cockup', 12—'Great Sca Fell', 13—'High Pike', 14—'Knott', 15—'Latrigg', 16—'Longlands Fell', 17—'Long Side', 18—'Lonscale Fell', 19—'Meal Fell', 20—'Mungrisdale Comman', 21—'Skiddaw', 22—'Skiddaw Little Man', 23—'Souther Fell' and 24—'Ulluck Pike'.

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