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Inside the Real Lakeland by A. H. Griffin et al, Signed with Dust Jacket

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A Signed Fifth Edition of 'Inside the Real Lakeland' by A. H. Griffin et al. in Very Good+ condition in a Very Good+ condition dust jacket published by The Guardian Press in 1970

Inside the Real Lakeland by A. H. Griffin, Alfred Wainwright and Lord Birkett, Fifth Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good+/Very Good+) A very tidy book which is SIGNED and INSCRIBED (For Michael Hyde, Wishing you may long days in the hills) by A. H. Griffin on the title page, in a clean bright dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has occasional foxing and previous owner's name on the free front endpaper. Dust jacket has some wear and minor loss on the corners and edges and minor surface soiling

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Book Number B0009868
Title Inside the Real Lakeland
Author(s) Author: Griffin, A. H. [Arthur Harry] Illustrator: Alfred Wainwright Foreword By: Birkett, Lord

A. H. [Arthur Harry] Griffin (1911 to 2004)—British journalist, climber, skier and mountain walker, best known for his long-running 'Lakeland Diary' column in the The Guardian, a series of books about the Lakeland Fells and for having inspired a rebirth of interest in the Bob Graham Round. He was a friend of Alfred Wainwright and 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 Fifth EditionBook edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'Fifth Edition, July 1970'. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced '21s. net (£1.05)' on the front flap

Hardcover, Octavo 237 mm (9 3/8 inches) by 165 mm (6 1/2 inches). 240 printed pages in publisher's original blue cloth with gilt 'Inside the Real Lakeland', 'A. H. Griffin' and The Guardian Press logo on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains twenty nine black and white frontispiece, plates and illustrations and map endpapers by Alfred Wainwright
Publisher(s) The Guardian Press, Preston, 1970
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Harry Griffin's first book on Lakeland, comprising of a collection of short articles.

There are fifteen chapters: 1—'The Heart of the Matter', 2—'Early Days', 3—'The Mountains', 4—'The Crags', 5—'The Valleys', 6—'The People—Some Locals', 7—'Some Offcomers', 8—'The Animals', 9—'Men at Work', 10—'Dalesmen's Day Out', 11—'The Flavour of Lakeand', 12—'Some Dips Into History', 13—'Wet Weather', 14—'Winter Time' and 15—'A Lakeland Year'.

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