A Week at the Lizard

Description:

First edition. This book ran to four editions and was rarely out of print between 1848 and 1916. All editions and issues apart from the first are undated. (Full information on the editions may be found in Coombe, D.E. (1970) J. Soc. Bib. nat. Hist. 5(4): 259-269). Coombe states that this work, 'remains one of the most delightful and entertaining of local guide-books, but it is made a work of more than local and ephemeral importance by its content in natural history, by Johns's intimate knowledge of the area as a young man (1831-47), and by the outstanding botanical richness and geological peculiarities of this southernmost promontory of Cornwall.'

Freeman 1972.

Condition

Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, blind-stamped dec. border to both covers, blind-stamped dec. rules to spine, gt title. Spine a little faded with minor wear/chafing to head/foot. Some foxing to map, title and last few pages. An attractive, well-preserved copy. Vg.