The English Gate (Northumberland)
by F. Alexander Wills ("The Vagabond")
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Newcastle upon Tyne, England: North-East Publications, 1949. Hardcover. Good. James Alder. No date, but presumed to be mid-to-late 1940's. Previous owner's name and a 1949 date inscribed. Orange cloth boards show general wear and soiling. Interior has a few minor signs of use. 16 plates: mostly illustrations by James Alder; maps for each chapter; end papers are illustrated with Celtic, Roman, Saxon and Norman maps of Northumberland. 242 pages. 8.25 x 6 inches. The author's descriptive travelogue through the region of Northumberland. Contents: Tyne and Derwent Dales; The Dales of Allen; Gilsland and South Tyne; North Tyne; In Heartbreak Valley; Along Dere Street; Roman Redesdale; The Cheviots; Around a Celtic City; Tiptoe through Till Valley; The Silvery Tweed; Berwick to Holy Island; The Smuggleries; The Vale of Aln; The Valley of the In Yore Folk; Upper Coquetdale; Lower Coquetdale; Vales of Wansbeck and Pont; Saxon Shore; Great North Road.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010007
- Title
- The English Gate (Northumberland)
- Author
- F. Alexander Wills ("The Vagabond")
- Illustrator
- James Alder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- North-East Publications
- Place of Publication
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- travel, British Isles, Britain, England,
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