A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 1: The Eastern Fells
by A. Wainwright
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (Book 1)
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The original Pictorial Guide to the Eastern Fells of Lakeland - freshly reproduced from Wainwright's original pages.Tags
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- Canonical title
- A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 1: The Eastern Fells
- Original title
- A pictorial guide to the Lakeland Fells : being an illustrated account of a study and exploration of the mountains in the English Lake District, book one, the Eastern Fells
- Original publication date
- 1955
- Important places
- Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK; Arnison Crag, Cumbria, England; Birkhouse Moor, Cumbria, England; Birks, Cumbria, England; Catstycam, Cumbria, England; Clough Head, Cumbria, England (show all 35); Dollywaggon Pike, Cumbria, England; Dove Crag, Cumbria, England; Fairfield, Cumbria, England; Gill Crag, Cumbria, England (as 'Hartsop Above How'); Glenridding Dodd, Cumbria, England; Gowbarrow Fell, Cumbria, England; Great Dodd, Cumbria, England; Great Mell Fell, Cumbria, England; Great Rigg, Cumbria, England; Hart Crag, Cumbria, England; Hart Side, Cumbria, England; Hartsop Above How, Cumbria, England; Helvellyn, Cumbria, England; Heron Pike, Cumbria, England; Little Hart Crag, Cumbria, England; Little Mell Fell, Cumbria, England; Low Pike, Cumbria, England; Middle Dodd, Cumbria, England; Nab Scar, Cumbria, England; Nethermost Pike, Cumbria, England; Raise, Cumbria, England; Red Screes, Cumbria, England; Saint Sunday Crag, Cumbria, England; Seat Sandal, Cumbria, England; Sheffield Pike, Cumbria, England; Stone Arthur, Cumbria, England; Stybarrow Dodd, Cumbria, England; Watsons Dodd, Cumbria, England; White Side, Cumbria, England
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- BOOK ONE
is dedicated to
THE MEN OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY
whose maps of Lakeland
have given me much pleasure
both on the fells
and by my fireside. - First words
- Readers should note (preferably before purchasing!) that these books have not been revised since first publication, except for a few minor corrections, nor is it intended to undertake any revisions in future.
[Auth... (show all)or's note].
Surely there is no other place in this whole wonderful world quite like Lakeland ... no other so exquisitely lovely, no other that calls so insistently across a gulf of distance.
Introduction.
In the area of the Eastern Fells the greatest single mass of high ground in Lakeland is concentrated.
The Eastern Fells. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When this last sentence is written Book One will be finished, and in the same moment Book Two will take its place in my thoughts.
Christmas, 1954
AW. - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- This is Book 1 of Wainwright's guides to the Lake District, covering the Eastern Fells. If this is not your book, please edit the title of the your copy to leave out the "being an illustrated account" bit, as t... (show all)he system gets confused if the title is too long.
This should include the 50th Anniversary Edition, but please do not combine this with the 2nd Edition, which contains updated information.
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- Nonfiction, Travel, Sports and Leisure, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 796.51094278 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Sports Outdoor leisure Hiking and Backpacking Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography {hiker guides to non-urban areas} Europe England & Wales Lake District, Cumbria and North West England Lake District and Cumbria
- LCC
- DA670 .L1 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England Local history and description Counties, regions, etc., A-Z
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