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| Book Number | B0015092 |
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| Title | A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book Three the Central 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 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 | First Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Light blue boards, and, round corners and no impression number stated (usually printed on the reverse of the leaf between the free front endpaper and title page in later impressions). Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced 12/6 on the front flap and matt finish. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 03] Hardcover, 12 mo 178 mm (7 inches) by 122 mm (4 3/4 inches). [354] printed pages in publisher's original blue rexine with silver 'The Central Fells' on the spine, 'A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells', 'A Wainwright' and 'Book Three, The Central Fells' on the upper board, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains black and white strip maps and illustrations by Alfred Wainwright |
| Publisher(s) | Henry Marshall, Kentmere, printed by Bateman and Hewitson Limited, Kendal, 1958 Henry Marshall—Chief Librarian of Kendal and Westmorland and a friend of Wainwright, who took charge of publicity and administration of Wainwright's Pictorial Guide Series for the first five books. His name appears as publisher in them. |
| Series | Pictorial Guide Series Number Three 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)' |
| Content | Content The third of Wainwrights books to be published, forming part of the seven volume Pictorial Guide series. Each section describes a series of routes up one of the fells through strip maps and accompanying commentary and illustrations of the topography. |
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