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| Book Number | B0016277 |
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| Title | Kendal in the Nineteenth Century: A Book of Drawings by A. Wainwright |
| Author(s) | Author: Wainwright, Alfred Research by: Marsh, John 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, Later Printing—Book edition identified by: Green rexine covers with square corners, gold lettering and fairly smooth rexine. Dust jacket edition identified by: Not priced on the front flap and gloss lamination. [References: Burke 25] Hardcover, Oblong Quarto 224 mm (8 7/8 inches) by 275 mm (10 7/8 inches). [256] printed pages in publisher's original green rexine with gilt 'Kendal in the Nineteenth Century' on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains 130 black and white pen and ink drawings of scenes in Kendal and maps by Alfred Wainwright. ISBN 0902272292 [9780902272293] |
| Publisher(s) | Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, 1977 stated [c. 1980 actual] 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 | No |
| Content | Content A detailed illustrated history of Kendal drawn from 19th Century photographs in the collection of the Kendal Museum, where Wainwright was honorary curator. |
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