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Condition Summary: (Very Good/[No dustjacket]) An overall tidy copy. All notable faults: Some wear at the edges of the backstrip, light browning on the pages, contemporary previous owner's inscription on the free front endpaper, later previous owner's inscription on the free front endpaper and map at rear not present. Dustjacket not present
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| Book Number | B0007174 |
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| Title | The Lake Counties: With Special Articles on Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Flora, Geology,Fox-Hunting, Mountaineering, Yachting, Angling Motor-Boating, Fishing, Shooting and Cycling |
| Author(s) | Author: Collingwood, W. G. [William Gershom] Illustrator: Cuthbert Rigby W. G. [William Gershom] Collingwood (1854 to 1932)—Author, artist, antiquary and Professor of Fine Arts at the Reading University. He was John Ruskins private secretary, friends with Arthur Ransome (whose 'Swallows' characters were based on his Grandchildren), editor of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, a founder of the Lakes Artist Society, president of the Viking Club, an active promoter of the Lakes Arts and Crafts movement and father of R. G. Collingwood, the famous philosopher and historian |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] Edition identified by: 1) 'MCMII' on the foot of the title page and 2) no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information Hardcover Sextodecimo (15-17.5 cm high). Xii and 392 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, issued in dust jacket [not present]. One of 350 copies signed by the author and illustrator. Contains black and white illustrations by Cuthbert Rigby, five fold-out maps and one map in rear end pocket |
| Publisher(s) | J. M. Dent and Co, London, 1902 J. M. Dent—(Founded in 1888) A British publishing firm founded by Joseph Malaby Dent, and probably best known for its Everyman's Library which started in 1906. |
| Series | No |
| Content | content A account of Cumbrian scenery, life, natural history and lore. . |
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