Loiterings Among the Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland

Undated but c 1840. viii, 208pp; 8pp of publishers catalogue. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt design and titles on spine and front; blind embossed design on boards. Spine ends rubbed, Cloth slightly torn at head. Corners rubbed. Gilt text block edges. Missing front free endpaper, endpaper repaired, frontispiece detached. Pages very lightly tanned. Gutter strained at rear. 24mo. Mid-19th century travel and descriptive writing at its best with features on Kendal, Windermere, Grasmere Water, Rydal Water, Hawes Water, Esthwaite Water, Buttermere Lake, Coniston Water, Wast Water, Ennerdale Lake, Lowes Water, Thirlmere etc.