Ford 1839
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Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake
District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam,
Carlisle, Cumberland, and by C Tilt, 86 Fleet Street, and R
Groombridge, Panyer Alley, London, 2nd edn 1840.
The book includes itineraries, and tables:- length, breadth and depth of lakes; elevations of mountains; heights of waterfalls; mail and coach routes; and the post route from Carlisle to London. There is a plate tipped in after p.182 - A Table of Distances and Itinerary of the Chief Excursions. The 3 plates of views and lake maps are recorded separately; the Lakes map is missing. |
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| source type:- | Ford 1839 (2nd edn 1840) | |
| book feature:- | cloth bound & title page & introduction (pp.i-xi) & text (pp.1-181) & itineraries & index (pp.183-190) | |
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embossed spine
FORD'S GUIDE TO THE LAKES gold on pale brown |
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printed engraving of a scene, pasted on cover
FORD'S / Guide to the / LAKES. |
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printed title page
A / DESCRIPTION OF SCENERY / IN THE / LAKE DISTRICT, / INTENDED AS A / GUIDE TO STRANGERS. / BY THE / REV. WILLIAM FORD, B.A. / CAREFULLY REVISED THROUGHOUT. / Illustrated with Maps and Plates. / SECOND EDITION. / 'After all, it is upon the mind which the Traveller brings along with him, / that his acquisitions, whether of pleasure or profit, must / principally depend.' - WORDSWORTH. / / CARLISLE : / PUBLISHED BY CHARLES THURNAM : / LONDON : C. TILT, 86, FLEET STREET; R. GROOMBRIDGE, / PANYER ALLEY, AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. / 1840. |
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printed head of body text
A DESCRIPTION / OF THE / LAKES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. |
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printed p.190
CARLISLE : / Printed by Charles Thurnam. colophon |
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printed bookplate, pasted inside front cover
MARY ANN GARSTON / HIGH PASTURES. |
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| wxh:- | 11.5x18.5cm | |
| wxh, page:- | 11x18cm | |
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