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| Book Number | B0011243 |
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| Title | The Best of Wainwright: A Personal Selection by Hunter Davies |
| Author(s) | Author: Davies, Hunter [Edward] Illustrator: Alfred Wainwright Hunter [Edward] Davies (1936-)—British author, journalist and broadcaster born in Carlisle, perhaps best known for writing the only authorised biographies of The Beatles and 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 | First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'This Anthology published by Frances Lincoln Limited 2004' and publisher's imprint information states. Dust jacket edition identified by: Blurb and priced '£9.99' on the front flap Hardcover Sextodecimo (15-17.5 cm high). Viii and 376 printed pages in publisher's original black rexine with silver 'The Best of A Wainwright', 'Hunter Davies' and 'Frances Lincoln' on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Alfred Wainwright. ISBN 0711224633 [9780711224636] |
| Publisher(s) | Frances Lincoln Limited, London, 2004 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 | No |
| Content | content Hunter Davies chooses 18 favourite fells from the Pictorial Guides, introducing each with an anecdote or memory of Wainwright and an account of how the fell came to be chosen. . |
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