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| Book Number | B0009175 |
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| Title | Lakeland Mountain Drawings, Volume Five |
| 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, Later Printing—Book edition identified by: No later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: No price sticker. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 47] Hardcover, Oblong Quarto 225 mm (8 7/8 inches) by 275 mm (10 7/8 inches). [215] printed pages in publisher's original green rexine with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains 100 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 Six 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 A fifth and last collection of drawings of mountain scenes in the English Lake District, with a collection of 100 black and white drawings. This was the last of Wainwright's hand drawn books to be published, with all subsequent titles being published in typescript, and on the whole using rearrangements of previously published drawings and photographs. This was also the last book published before the sale of the rights to Michael Joseph. |
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