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A Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Fells: Being an … Western Fells; Book Seven: Western Fells by Alfred Wainwright

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A 50th Anniversary Leather Bound Edition set of 'A Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District, 50th Anniversary Edition, Leather-Bound Boxed Set [Book One: Eastern Fells; Book Two: Far Eastern Fells; Book Three: Central Fells; Book Four: Southern Fells; Book Five: Northern Fells; Book Six: North Western Fells; Book Seven: Western Fells] [Seven Volumes of Seven] ' by Alfred Wainwright in Fine condition published by Frances Lincoln Limited in 2005

A Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District, 50th Anniversary Edition, Leather-Bound Boxed Set [Book One: Eastern Fells; Book Two: Far Eastern Fells; Bo

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Condition Summary: (Fine/[No dustjacket]) A very tidy, tightly bound books with clean boards and pages in like slipcase. Dustjacket not present

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Book Number B0008474
Title A Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Fells: Being an Illustrated Account of a Study and Exploration of the Mountains in the English Lake District, 50th Anniversary Edition, Leather-Bound Boxed Set [Book One: Eastern Fells; Book Two: Far Eastern Fells; Book Three: Central Fells; Book Four: Southern Fells; Book Five: Northern Fells; Book Six: North Western Fells; Book Seven: Western Fells] [Seven Volumes of Seven]
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 50th Anniversary Leather Bound EditionEdition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information

Leather Bound, 12 mo 177 mm (6 7/8 inches) by 122 mm (4 3/4 inches). seven [of seven] volumes in publisher's original brown leather with gilt lettering and decoration, issued in slipcase [not present]. Limited edition of 200 individually numbered copies. Contains black and white illustrations by Alfred Wainwright. ISBN 0711224625 [9780711224629]
Publisher(s) Frances Lincoln Limited, London, 2005

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.

Series Pictorial Guide Series

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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A complete set of the original seven volume Pictorial Guide Series, an entirely hand drawn set of books (including all the text) in fine detail, providing an informative guide to the Lake District and defining the 214 'Wainwrights'. The chapters in each book describe a series of routes up one of the fells through strip maps and accompanying commentary and illustrations of the topography.

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