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What to See in The English Lakes
by Gordon Home
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A & C Black, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. Heaton Cooper. a slim volume for those touring the Lake District with sections on each lake describing their geography, places of interest, & associations with literary & historical characters with 15 full page illustrations in colour by A. Heaton Cooper. On the last page is a small b/w. map; directions to visiting the lakes & a list of the illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 32 pages. Occasional underlining of place-names in red ink. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Maroon titles front. grey cloth covers with maroon pattern to front. Illustrator: A. Heaton Cooper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Lake District; Cumbria; Lakeland; England; Geography & Maps. Inventory No: 4594. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4594
- Title
- What to See in The English Lakes
- Author
- Gordon Home
- Illustrator
- A. Heaton Cooper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Travel & Places/Geography & Maps/Cumbria/Lake District/Lakeland Travel & Places; Lake District; Cumbria; Lakeland; England; Geography & Maps. A. Heaton Cooper Unbranded Gordon Home What to See in The English Lakes
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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