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| Book Number | B0008575 |
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| Title | Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains |
| Author(s) | Author: Wainwright, Alfred Illustrator: Alfred Wainwright Photographer: Brabbs, Derry 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 Derry Brabbs (1947-)—British Author and Photographer, Who Worked with Wainwright on a Number of Books in the 1980'S Including Fellwalking with Wainwright, Wainwright on the Pennine Way, Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains, And Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, Fourth Printing—Book edition identified by: Publishers imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: No price on the front flap. [References: Alfred Wainwright Illustrated Guide to First Editions by Linden Burke, reference 58] Hardcover, Quarto 247 mm (9 3/4 inches) by 222 mm (8 3/4 inches). Vii and 216 printed pages in publisher's original laminated pictorial boards in dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by Wainwright and colour photographs Derry Brabbs. ISBN 0718133706 [9780718133702] |
| Publisher(s) | Michael Joseph Limited (An imprint of Penguin Group), London, 1999 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 Eight 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 Wainwrights thoughts on his favourite Lakeland fells, written before his death, but published posthumously. |
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