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| Book Number | B0008552 |
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| Title | Wainwright in the Limestone Dales |
| Author(s) | Author: Wainwright, Alfred Illustrators: Alfred Wainwright, Chris Jesty Photographer: Geldard, Ed 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 and Ed Geldard—British walker and landscape photographer, and a former freelancer for the Northern Echo Group, best known for his collaboration with Alfred Wainwright on 'Wainwright in the Limestone Dales' and 'Wainwright's Tour in the Lake District', winner of the Tullie House prize in the Lakeland Book of the Year Award |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First published in Great Britain in 1991' and no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Blurb and priced '£16.99 net' on the foot of the front flap, priced 'CAN. $35.00' on the head of the front flap and Alfred Wainwright's and Ed Geldaard's bios on the rear flap. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 57] Hardcover, Quarto 248 mm (9 3/4 inches) by 220 mm (8 5/8 inches). 192 printed pages in publisher's original grey cloth with blue 'Wainwright in the Limestone Dales' and Michael Joseph Limited logo on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Alfred Wainwright, frontispiece map by Chris Jesty and colour photographs by Ed Geldard. ISBN 0718134915 [9780718134914] |
| Publisher(s) | Michael Joseph Limited (An imprint of Penguin Group), London, 1991 Michael Joseph Ltd—A British publisher, now part of the Penguin Group. [McBride page 60] [Zempel and Verkler page 236] . |
| Series | Photo Book Series Number Seven Photo Book Series—A series of books by Alfred Wainwright produced in a coffee table style, motivated by his failing eyesight, which made producing new quality drawings difficult. They mostly used photographs by Derry Brabbs combined with a selection of Wainwrights previously published illustrations and newly written text. Wainwright in the Limestone Dales and Wainwright's Tour in the Lake District used Ed Geldard as photographer and Fellwalking with a Camera used Wainwright's own black and white photographs. The complete series runs: Fellwalking with Wainwright, Wainwright on the Pennine Way, Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Fellwalking with a Camera, Wainwright in Scotland, Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes, Wainwright in the Limestone Dales, Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains, Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland and Wainwright's tour in the Lake District. The series contains 10 books. The first book was originally published in 1984 and the last book was originally published in 1993 |
| Content | Content An illustrated book on Dales area with text and some illustrations (all from previous publications) by AW, combined with photographs by Ed Geldard. |
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