ISBN: 9780711231337 - the wainwright letters (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Some light marks to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and slight fading to spine.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No internal markings; price clipped D/J is protected with removable premium grade clear wrap.

Zustand: Very Good. New/unused condition with small scuffs and light scratches to the dust jacket. The content is in like new condition.

Zustand: Very Good. NEW & UNREAD. Light storage wear to the jacket & board edges Faint marks to the textblock edge. Content as new.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Inscription by author. Inscribed by Author(s).

2011, 414pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending. Alfred Wainwright, the legendary fell walker and author of the incomparable and unique Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells was also a fluent, eloquent and diligent correspondent. Writing to old friends and to the many new ones gained through his books, and to his love, and later second wife, Betty, his letters display a much warmer, more sensitive and emotional character than his gruff popular image would suggest. Hunter Davies, Wainwright's biographer, has here collected a selection of letters that range from his early years in Blackburn to his established position as Borough Treasurer in Kendal, and cover all aspects of his professional and personal life, as well as the voluminous correspondence that was a consequence of writing and publishing the Pictorial Guides. The latter vividly illuminate many aspects of that turbulent but ultimately triumphant process, while the former present a picture of a dedicated public servant whose personal life had been deeply unhappy until late in life he found unexpected but transcendent love and happiness. In turn business-like and comic, wonderfully well informed and remarkably innocent, deeply moving and yet tough-minded, the letters present a vivid and unforgettable picture of one of the great but eccentric creative geniuses of the twentieth century.…

Blue hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition thus. VG : in very good condition with rubbed dust jacket. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). 414pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.