WAINWRIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF LAKELAND.

UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour, scenic photographic upper wrap and colour, portrait photograph too,with b/w critic reviews to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minimally bumped to head of spine/backstrip with miniscule creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine. Bright,clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,unmarked colour scenic photographic endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,v-viipp+ 1-215pp includes colour scenic photographic illustrated half-title page,3/4 double-page colour scenic photographic+b/w line illus title page,contents list, A.W. introduction,Pts 1-5 (each Part with 3/4 double-page colour scenic photographic+b/w line illus title),b/w line illus+partial OS maps,profuse colour scenic photographs throughout the text,and an index. Alfred Wainwright,finished this,his last book,shortly before he died in January 1991.In the introduction,which was found on his typewriter after his death,he took the opportunity to say goodbye and to exhort the reader to 'avoid accidents and always to watch where you are putting your feet;to be kind to animals and respect their dignity; and to stop griping and to count your blessings every night.' As his eyesight failed and the world lost its detail,Wainwright counted his own blessings and, when writing about the valleys of Lakeland,relied on his memories of the landscape he loved so well.This final book,therefore,is full of personal reminiscences of happy explorations in the days when Lakeland had fewer visitors. Wainwright travels through forty-two principal valleys and their side valleys.He explores the best-known and most beautiful, including Patterdale - his very vision of heaven - Borrowdale and Langdale, as well as lesser-known or more remote valleys,such as the Cartmel Valley and Bannerdale. Throughout he finds a quiet transcendent joy in the wonders of nature,but occasionally laments what he perceives as man's negative effect on the landscape.With his intimate knowledge of the area and its history, Wainwright evokes the dignity,charm and elegance of its distinctive valleys in this book,the culmination of a love affair with Lakeland that lasted over fifty years.Superbly illustrated with Derry Brabbs's timeless photographs,'Valleys of Lakeland' is A.Wainwright's self-acknowledged swan song and completes the trilogy begun with 'Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes' and 'Wainwright's favourite Lakeland Mountains'.See also rja25177 and rja30938 for other author/subject related titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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