Cornwall von manning peter (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition book and DJ price clipped. 62 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. Colour photographs throughout. Many places mentioned, to mention a few: Helford, Truro, Mevagissey, St. Ives, Land's End etc 24 plates in all. …

22 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband. 62 Seiten , die Seiten sind leicht gebräunt, der Umschlag ist fleckig, und teils an den Kanten bestoßen, aus dem Inhalt: Contents: Introduction - Arrival: The Tamar Bridge - Disputed Barricades: Laimceston Castle - Small Harbours: Boscastle - The Mystic Stones: Trethevy Quoit - National Trust: Lanhydrock House - The Granite Kingdom: Rough Tor and Bodmin Moor - New Voyager: Polperro - Fighting Fowey - China Clay - Fishing Village: Mevagissey - Newquay - Irms and Tavems: the Old Albion, Crantock - Truro Cathedral - Tranquillity: Heiford - Island in the Sky: St Michael's Mount - Mining: St Just - Shifting Sands: Gunwalloe - St Ives - Sand and Sea: Porthgwarra - Shipwreck: the Lizard - Family Outing: Porthallack - Serpentine: Kynance Cove - Lamoma - Land's End Beschreibung vom Antiquariat Ardelt 1e6a Antiquariat Ardelt Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A delightful, illustrated selection of Batsford geographical guides, each presented in its original dust wrapper. Collection comprised of: (1937) The Land of Wales by Eiluned and Peter Lewis; (1938) The Face of Britain: West Country (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall) by C. Henry Warren; (1938) Welsh Border Country by P. Thoresby Jones; (1947) The Alps by R. L. G. Irving; (1949) The West of England by Ruth Manning-Sanders; (1950) The Face of Wales by Tudor Edwards. All copies are first editions, excluding The Alps, which is the third edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, together with the unclipped, pictorial dust wrappers. Each volume features a colour frontispiece, map endpapers and numerous further photographic plates. The Land of Wales is illustrated with ninety-eight plates; West Country contains eighty; Welsh Border Country contains ninety-two; The Alps contains seventy-four; The West of England contains sixty-four, and The Face of Wales contains sixty-six. West Country and The West of England are collated, complete. A charming collection of geographical guides to parts of England, Wales and wider Europe, with details on local history, important sites and culture. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, together with the unclipped, pictorial dust wrappers. Two pages of travel advertisements tipped in to the rear of The Alps. Externally, very smart with minor bumping and rubbing, light discolouration and a few marks. Dust wrappers particularly pleasing with minor edge wear, including a few small tears and chips, more significant to The Alps, which is cracked along the front joint and more generally torn. All covers lightly toned and spotted with the occasional additional mark. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean collection with sporadic spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…