Buy this book on-line Thompson, Ian : The English Lakes - A HistoryLondon: Bloomsbury, 2010
First edition, first printing, 2010, hardback, 9.5" x 7.5", as new condition, in a very good unclipped ($45.00) dust jacket, publisher's original blue clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 344 pages including index, internally clean tight and bright, colour illustrations, b/w map. Contents include: Introduction; The English Alps; Pathfinders; 'Settled contentment'; Showmen; Wandering Lonely; Lake Poets; Artists among the Lakes; Buttermere Beauty; 'Let nature be all in all'; 'A pleasant sort of fear'; 'Speak, passing winds'; the Sage of Brantwood; 'Soap poles in bear gardens'; Manchester's Thirst; A sort of National property; Visions of Childhood; Ramblers; For all the people - the creation of the National Park; Notes; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thompson, Ian : The English Lakes - A History. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, out-of-print books, libri rari, livres rares and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |