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HERDWICKS: HERDWICK SHEEP AND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Geoff Brown.
Stock no. 1826650
Published by Hayloft Publishing Ltd. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. A Cumbria Guide. Herdwicks are the native sheep of the English Lake District. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1904524656. Light rubbing to corners of covers, minor bump to top of spine. Contents clean.

WILD FELL: FIGHTING FOR NATURE ON A LAKE DISTRICT HILL FARM
Written by Lee Schofield. Illustrated by Bob Venables.
Stock no. 1826023
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story of nature in recovery and also of the author's personal connection to the place, and the highs and lows of working for nature amid fierce opposition. Grey mottled paper boards, blue foil title to spine. B/w sketches. ISBN: 9780857527752. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright and clean.

REVEALING CUMBRIA'S PAST
Written by Michael Winstanley; Rob David; Ian Whyte.
Stock no. 1325287
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

150 Years of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. Cardwraps. 348 pages. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781873124734. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

LAKELAND AND THE BORDERS OF LONG AGO
Written by Walter T. McIntire.
Stock no. 2135702
Published by Charles Thurnam & Sons. Circa 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Browning and some spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased and torn, especially to rear panel, with pieces of loss; scuffed.

THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT IN PICTURES
Written by Norman Birkett.
Stock no. 2131683
Published by Odhams Press. 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Fading along cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with 2" closed tear.

WISE WIFF IN THE CUMBERLAND DIALECT
Written by Alexander Craig Gibson.
Stock no. 823200
Published by George Coward. 1867. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. 12 pages + 3 page booklist. Modern grey cloth binding, white title label to spine.

BYGONE CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND
Written by Daniel Scott.
Stock no. 815437
Published by William Andrews & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 262 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Bygone series. Edges rubbed, a few marks to covers. Lower half of half-title page missing (not affecting half-title). Rear endpaper missing. Centre hinges starting to break at stitching from bottom. A few grubby marks to contents. A nice working copy.

FURNESS PAST AND PRESENT ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by George Markham Tweddell.
Stock no. 628348
Published by J. Richardson. 1st 1870. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. 11 x 8.5 inches. Black leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles to spine. 16 b/w plates, 4 coloured title pages, 50 beautiful colour plates, 2 double-page colour plates, 1 colour map, 1 double-page colour map plus b/w text illustrations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Both volumes have been professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. Some light foxing to plate margins. Overall a very handsome set.

LAKE COUNTRY TOWNS
Written by H.A.L. Rice.
Stock no. 597768
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1974. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The towns described can show a wealth of ancient buildings, ruined castles, churches and contain much handsome domestic architecture. B/w photos. ISBN: 0709144504.

TWO THOUSAND MILES OF WANDERING IN THE BORDER COUNTRY, LAKELAND AND RIBBLESDALE
Written by Edmund Bogg.
Stock no. 590790
Published by Edmund Bogg. 1st 1898. Slightly better than good condition.

Large paper edition. Three-quarter dark blue leather binding with raised bands, gilt title and decoration to spine. Dark blue boards with gilt title to front. Marbled endpapers. xxi + Errata page + 364 pages + 263 pages. Includes list of subscribers. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. Contents detached from covers but otherwise tight, foxing to endpapers but generally clean and bright. Corners a little worn.

ROCK-CLIMBING IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Owen Glynne Jones.
Stock no. 586420
Published by G.P. Abraham. 1900. Very good condition.

Second edition. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 32 b/w photos plus 9 b/w drawings illustrations routes. xlviii + 322 pages + 9 pages of advertisements. Corners bumped and rubbed.