Richard Bell's Britain
by Bell, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002195690
- ISBN 13
- 9780002195690
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1981. . The author shares with the reader a year of exploration and a journey in the form of a clockwise tour around England, Wales and Scotland starting from Yorkshire. His journey took him to highlands and islands, fenland, wood and heaths, rivers, canals, old industrial sites, estuaries and coastlines. By drawing every page on location from life he has tried to capture the freshness and variety of the British countryside. As a freelance illustrator as well as a writer....his beautiful drawings in colour will add much pleasure for the reader. The contents offer an introduction, six chapters, index of places and index of species. It covers Eastern England in July.....Downlands and Weald, Aug to October..... The West Country, Oct-Feb..... The Midlands, March..... Wales and the Northwest, April-May..... Scoltand and Northumbria, May-July. Dark brown boards. Gilt title print to spine. Decorated endpapers. No ownership markings. A lovely bright book in its illustrated bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B091
- Title
- Richard Bell's Britain
- Author
- Bell, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002195690
- ISBN 13
- 9780002195690
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- England Scotland Wales Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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