Lake District ~ The Penguin Guides. G6.

SOFTBACK "G6" IN THE SERIES, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1939* Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated. Covers in black, orange and white penguin livery. UK outline map to front. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Minimal dish to spine, hinges good. Interior minimally aged and marked. VG* Penguin books of this period were issued with additional paper jackets. This jacket is missing. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean & tight with sewn binding. No inscriptions. Slight damp distortion to pages throughout. Considerable age darkening throughout especially to page margins and edges. Minor damp staining to lower corners at rear. ACC* Illustrations: A few small b/w vignettes between chapters. Onne page b/w line/drawn maps. One block of 8pp. coloured maps at centre.* Pages: 150 pp. text. viii pp. blank page, index & ads at rear.* Product Description:- L Russll Muirhead was born in London 1896 of Scottish and Canadian parents. He was bought up in an environment which expected him to edit his father's famous guide books and he then moved on to producing and editing the Blue Guides. He was well educated and well travelled. His fascination with maps and his dedication to collecting new information for his guides, made the new series of Penguin Guides a "must have" for the British tourist.* This is a NEAR GD text copy of the 1st edn. with considerable age & shelf wear reducing it to ACC.* G6