The Scenery and Poetry of the English Lakes, A Summer Ramble by Charles Mackay - 2009-04-10

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and darkened/ Spine darkened with loss. Inner hinge cracling. Pages edges browning but content in overall good condition. 1846. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover, decoratively stamped. Gilt lettering to spine. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xvi, 234pp. Eight full-page wood engravings, engraved frontispiece and title, numerous vignettes, all from original sketches. .

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". W. Harvey; J. Gilbert et al.. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is the scarce first edition of Charles Mackay's study of the Lake District. The scarce first edition of Scottish poet and author Charles Mackay's illustrated celebration of the lakes of England, termed 'a romantic history' of the Lake District by the author.Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece, eight further plates, and numerous vignette illustrations. After original sketches by a number of artists, engraved by Thomas Gilks. Collated, complete.With a thirty two page publisher's catalogue to the rear. With the bookplate of George Herbert Raymer to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses to the cloth. Significant ink stain to front board. Hinges and tail of front joint starting, with boards holding firm. Pages lightly age toned, with handling… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1846. Boards have some slight warping of cloth, spine cocked and slightly cracked to left edge. General wear associated with age, light foxing to f-fep/f-rep, PP and text are clean, c/e appear mildly uncut. Cloth Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.