Literary Landscapes of the British Isles: A Narrative Atlas by Daiches, David and Flower, John - 1979

London, England: Paddington Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback fIRST eDITION. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Cartographer John Flower. Illustrated with more than 60 contemporary engravings and photographs. A "narrative cartography". In handsome brown cloth with gilt outlined panel on spine, gilt titles within, Boards raised slightly from text block, otherwise in pristine condition. Unique jacket design by Colin Lewis with illustration courtesy of Francis Edwards Ltd. A book that illustrates through a series of original essays and specially tailored maps the various ways in which a "sense of place" has coloured the literary imagination of major English writers. --the London of Cahucer, Shakespeare, Johnson, Dickens, and Virginia Woolf; townsacpes as varied as Bath, Edinbourgh, Dublin, Dorchester--and their influence on such authors as Austen and Stevenson, Yeats and Hardy--the Lake District, Bronte Country, Hardy's Wessex--and many more. Complementing the essays is a comprehensive Atlas and Gazetteer section that cartograhically plots details of the lives of more than 225 of Britain's most acclaimed authors. A landmark of literary criticism and travel literature. 286 pages, indexed. 6.25 x 9.5 inches 1979, Paddington Press, London, England.