GOOD CONDITION

 

This sale is for a large size vintage hardback edition entitled “Literary Landscapes of the British Isles,” subtitled “A Narrative Atlas,” by David Daiches (1912-2005) and John Flower, with numerous photographic and other illustrations and maps, including an Atlas of the British Isles, with comprehensive Gazetteer at the back, that cartographically plots details of the lives of more than 225 of Britain’s most acclaimed authors.

 

It was published by Bell & Hyman Limited, of London, and is the 1981 Second Edition (the FIRST EDITION was published in 1979 by Paddington Press Ltd).

 

A renowned literary scholar and veteran cartographer have wedded their talents and love of the British countryside to create this book guaranteed to delight and inform readers and travellers everywhere.

 

The contents include:

 

·       Chaucer’s World

·       Shakespeare’s London

·       Dr. Johnson’s London

·       Charles Dickens’s London

·       Virginia Woolf’s London

·       Bath

·       The Lake Poets

·       The Romantic Poets Abroad

·       The Bronte Country

·       Thomas Hardy’s Wessex

·       Scotland in Literature

·       The Dublin of Yeats and Joyce

 

…and more…

 

The book measures 9.5 inches x 6.5 inches and has 287 pages (including illustrations). 

 

The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with fading and wear and tears to the original dust-jacket (not price-clipped), and foxing near the covers/rims. There are NO inscriptions and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book.  The binding is good with no loose or missing pages.

 

A wonderfully illustrated vintage edition.

 

COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/shipping for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.

 

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Buyer to pay postage & packing

For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £3.10;

or 1st Class = £3.90

 

European Union Postage: = 6.95 GB Pounds

 

USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 13.45 GB Pounds

 

Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 10.70 GB Pounds

 

Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail.  Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed).

 

Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.