W. G. Collingwood

William Gershom Collingwood was an author, artist, antiquary and was also Professor of Fine Arts at the Reading University. For many years he worked as Ruskin's secretary, travelled with him on foreign tours, and promoted his local causes such as the setting up of Arts and Crafts Guilds. He edited a number of Ruskin's texts and published a biography of Ruskin in 1893 as well as a series of fiction books and historical texts. Collingwoods, his wife Edith and their children, Dora (later Mrs Ernest Altounyan), Barbara (later Mrs Oscar Gnosspelius), Ursula, and Robin (the later historian and philosopher) were friends with Arthur Ransome. It was a summer of teaching Collingwood's grandchildren to sail in 1928 that inspired Ransome to write Swallows and Amazons. He based the Swallows on Dora's four children (the Altounyans). Collingwood was also a skilled painter, President of the Lake Artist Society and an active member the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.

Thorstein of the Mere by W. G. Collingwood, First Edition

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A First Edition of 'Thorstein of the Mere' by W. G. Collingwood in Very Good condition published by Edward Arnold in 1895 Learn More
The Lake Counties by W. G. (Revised by William Rollinson) Collingwood and William Rollinson, Signed with Dust Jacket

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A Signed Revised Edition of 'The Lake Counties' by W. G. (Revised by William Rollinson) Collingwood et al. in Fine condition in a Fine condition dust jacket published by J. M. Dent and Co in 1988 Learn More
The Vikings and Victorian Lakeland: The Norse … and His Contemporaries by Matthew Townend, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'The Vikings and Victorian Lakeland: The Norse Medievalism of W. G. Collingwood and His Contemporaries' by Matthew Townend in Fine condition in a Fine condition dust jacket published by Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (Cwaas) in 2009 Learn More
The Lake Counties: With Special … Fishing, Shooting and Cycling by W. G. Collingwood and Cuthbert Rigby, First Edition

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'The Lake Counties: With Special Articles on Birds, Butterflies and Moths, Flora, Geology,Fox-Hunting, Mountaineering, Yachting, Angling Motor-Boating, Fishing, Shooting and Cycling' by W. G. Collingwood et al. in Very Good condition published by J. M. Dent and Co in 1902 Learn More

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W. G. Collingwood

Thorstein of the Mere by W. G. Collingwood, First Edition

The Lake Counties by W. G. (Revised by William Rollinson) Collingwood and William Rollinson, Signed with Dust Jacket

The Vikings and Victorian Lakeland: The Norse … and His Contemporaries by Matthew Townend, First Edition with Dust Jacket

The Lake Counties: With Special … Fishing, Shooting and Cycling by W. G. Collingwood and Cuthbert Rigby, First Edition