Three Westmorland Rivers: The Kent, The Sprint and the Mint by Alfred Wainwright with Dust Jacket

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

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.

Sketchbook Series—The most numerous of Alfred Wainwright's series consisting of landscape format sketchbooks, in a larger size than his earlier Pictorial Guide Series, and containing pen-and-ink drawings with full page drawing on the recto with commentary and a map or outline on the verso. Similar to, but in a slightly smaller format than, the Mountain Drawings Series with generally with slightly more commentary. The series contains 23 books. The first book was originally published in 1969 and the last book was originally published in 1984

75 full page black and white annotated drawings of the Rivers Kent, Sprint and Mint (two tributaries of the Kent), with supplementary sections on water mills and antiquities relating to these river valleys.

There are seventy five full page illustrations: 1—'Bannisdale', 2—'Bannisdale Head', 3—'Bannisdale Bridge', 4—'Dryhowe Bridge', 5—'Lowbridge House', 6—'Harewood', 7—'Rossill Bridge', 8—'Whinfell', 9—'Agnes Gill', 10—'Patton Mill', 11—'Patton Bridge', 12—'Shaw End', 13—'Meal Bank', 14—'Laverack Bridge', 15—'Beck Mills', 16—'Watersmeet, Mint and Kent', 17—'Longssleddale', 18—'The Head of Longsleddale', 19—'Wrengill Quarry', 20—'Cascades on the Sprint', 21—'Sadgill', 22—'Low Sadgill', 23—'Stockdale', 24—'Watersmeet, Sprint and Stockdale Beck', 25—'Longsleddale Church', 26—'Ubarrow Hall', 27—'Bridge End', 28—'Whiteside Pike', 29—'Moser', 30—'Garnett Bridge', 31—'Gurnal Bridge', 32—'The Sprint at Oakbank', 33—'Sprint Mill and Cottages', 34—'Burneside Hall', 35—'Watersmeet, Sprint and Kent', 36—'The Head of Kentmere', 37—'The Birthplace of the Kent', 38—'Kentmere Reservoir', 39—'Quarry Ford, Kentmere Head', 40—'Rainsborrow Crag', 41—'A Bridge Near Overend', 42—'Kent Falls', 43—'Kentmere Church', 44—'Kentmere Hall', 45—'The New Kent Mere', 46—'Ullthwaite Bridge', 47—'Scroggs Bridge', 48—'The Weir at Barley Bridge', 49—'The Kent at Staveley', 50—'A Mill at Staveley', 51—'Staveley Park', 52—'The Kent Near Cowan Head', 53—'Cowan Head', 54—'The Weir at Bowston', 55—'Bowston Bridge', 56—'Burneside Mill', 57—'Stramogate Bridge', 58—'Miller Bridge', 59—'Nether Bridge', 60—'Watercrook', 61—'Helsington Snuff Mill', 62—'Hawes Bridge', 63—'Sizergh Castle', 64—'The Pele Tower, Sizergh Castle', 65—'The Old Gunpowder Works, Sedgewick', 66—'Force Falls', 67—'Levens Park', 68—'The Avenue, Levens Park', 69—'Levens Bridge', 70—'Levens Hall', 71—'The Topiary Gardens, Levens Hall', 72—'Nether Levens', 73—'Watersmeet, Bela and Kent', 74—'Arnside' and 75—'Kent Estuary'.