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| Book Number | B0015394 |
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| Title | Lakeland Mountain Drawings, Volume Four |
| 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: Green rexine covers with square corners, gilt 'Vol. IV' at the foot of the spine and the last book listed in the list of books published is 'A South Wales Sketchbook [1983] (The imprint information and books in print lists were not normally updated between printings and should not be used as a reliable way of identifying first printings. First printings of this title can only be confirmed by the presence of the correct dust jacket.). Dust jacket edition identified by: Price label stating 'Westmorland Gazette [line break] Kendal [line break] £6.00' on the front flap and matt finish. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 45] Hardcover, Oblong Quarto 225 mm (8 7/8 inches) by 275 mm (10 7/8 inches). [214] printed pages in publisher's original green rexine with gilt 'Lakeland Mountain Drawings' and Vol IV on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains one hundred full page black and white illustrations by Alfred Wainwright. ISBN 090227256X [9780902272569] |
| Publisher(s) | Westmorland Gazette, Kendal, 1984 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 | Mountain Drawing Series Number Five Mountain Drawing Series—The series large format books by Alfred Wainwright each containing 100 previously unpublished full page drawings of mountain scenes in the Relevant area, with drawings on the recto, and a diagram of the scene on the verso. A larger format than the author's Sketchbook Series, with more emphasis on mountain scenes. The series contains 6 books. The first book was originally published in 1980 and the last book was originally published in 1984 |
| Content | Content The penultimate volume of a set of 5 large format books each containing 100 drawings (previously unpublished) of mountain scenes in the English Lake District, with drawings on the recto, and a diagram of the scene on the verso. |
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