SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL HANDBOOK TO THE ENGLISH LAKES
Illustrated by Thomas Gilks; Edward Gilks
Published by Evans & Longley Associates. 1st thus. 1974
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. With a new Foreword by John Wyatt, Head Warden, Lake District National Park. He writes: 'The author of this little gem of a guide is unknown... but, Sylvan's Handbook is still not only capable of helping the new adventurer intto the bewitching wilderness: it is also very much a book for browsers...' First published in 1847 by John Johnstone, republished in this edition in 1974 by Evans & Longley Associates. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & maps. 248 pages including index plus folding map to rear.
Minor rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly browned.
ISBN: 0904293025
Stock no. 1830026
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LAKE DISTRICT
- GUIDE BOOKS
