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.
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For
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