64pp, with tipped in colour frontispiece and eleven further colour plate illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. In decorated grey paper-covered boards with tipped in illustration on front panel. 8vo. Boards heavily worn and rubbed at edges, marked and stained, cracked around spine and joints. Front endpapers cracked along gutter, previous owner's name inked on front free endpaper. Binding a little fragile, else internally neat, clean and bright. A narrative description of the Isle of Wight accompanied by delightful period colour illustrations. Chapters include Carisbrooke and its Memories, Yachts and Men-of-War, The Scenery and How it Came to Be, Footprints of the Invaders etc.
Isle of Wight, Vintage Books, Beautiful Britain series
