Pyatt edward c (135 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Climbing and Walking in South East England This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover with excellent, unmarked pages and VG exterior (slight to light handling). 112 pages, including several maps. [7oz]. Book.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Chalkways of South and South-east England This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Good DJ with light wear.

Condizione: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.

Condizione: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small (5" x 8") softcover.Detailed hiking/touring guide to this challenging yet beautiful section of England. Copious maps and illustrations. Sticker ghost on rear cover else very good with no marking, tears or other significant flaws. If you're planning or considering a tour in Cornwell this is the guide you need. Also a pleasure for the armchair traveler. (box 23).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. DJ with some edge wear, chips and creasing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. mild dust staines to top of page block. Clean Copy.

Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. 173pp, 16p b/w plates, index, a nice fine copy. Good guide book to the climbing and hiking possibilities in the south, based on a 80 mile radius of London. 400 grams.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. 173pp, 16p b/w plates, index, a nice fine copy. Good guide book to the climbing & hiking possibilities in the south, based on a 80 mile radius of London. 400 grams.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. VGC, foxing to endpapers.In a bright binding with slt wear to t.e.s. and b.e.s.No markings, Guaranteed condition. No date in pubn daste.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Long-distance footpath guide ; no.5. Physical description: vii,112p : ill. [some col], col. maps ; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography, p.112. Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) ; Description and travel ; Guidebooks. Long-distance footpaths. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 256p : ill(some col), 1facsim,maps(some col) ; 25cm. Subjects; Mountains. Mountaineering. Mountaineers; history. Historical figures. Extreme sports; history. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Long-distance footpath guide ; no.5. Physical description: vii,112p : ill. [some col], col. maps ; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography, p.112. Subjects: Cornwall (England : County) ; Description and travel ; Guidebooks. Long-distance footpaths. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, Bound in the original cloth binding with the original dust jacket, Small minor hole to bottom front of jacket & to outside of front board otherwise a near fine copy. All books are posted in a sturdy book box, Overseas orders may require extra postal costs. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1984 Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condizione: Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates remain bright and clear. Thumb-marking present at end-papers. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end-papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine and board edges. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Condizione: Good. 1960. First Edition. 287 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs and maps. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Condizione: Good. 1957. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 256p : ill(some col), 1facsim,maps(some col) ; 25cm. Subjects; Mountains. Mountaineering. Mountaineers; history. Historical figures. Extreme sports; history. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. There are guidebooks that promise adventure, and then there are guidebooks that quietly suggest you may, at some point, need a sit down and a biscuit. Cornwall Coast Path by Edward C. Pyatt belongs firmly to the latter tradition: a practical, mildly stoical companion to one of the most beautiful?and deceptively demanding?stretches of walking in Britain. Published in 1981 by HMSO, this is the sort of book that assumes its reader is made of reasonably stern stuff. The Cornwall coast is all dramatic cliffs, sudden coves, Atlantic winds and views that insist on being admired even as your legs begin to question your life choices. Pyatt, one suspects, approaches it with the calm authority of someone who has already done the hard yards and sees no reason to dramatise matters unnecessarily. If there is a steep ascent, it will be noted. If there is a fine view, it will be acknowledged. If there is both at once, well, that is Cornwall. What makes a guide like this so appealing is its understated confidence. There is no breathless enthusiasm here, no attempt to sell the walk as a life-changing spiritual journey (though it may well become one, particularly if you underestimate the gradients). Instead, you get the quiet reassurance of a book that knows exactly what it is doing: guiding you, step by step, along a coastline that has been wearing down walkers as efficiently as it has been wearing down the land itself. It is less ?inspiration? and more ?instruction with occasional encouragement,? which, in truth, is probably what you need when faced with another headland. There is also something deeply charming about the era. A 1981 guidebook carries with it a certain pre-digital innocence: no GPS, no live updates, no helpful strangers on forums explaining that you took the wrong fork three miles back. Just you, the path, the weather, and this book. If you get lost, you will do so in a properly traditional manner, perhaps with a vague sense that this is all part of the experience. And it is. The Cornwall Coast Path has a way of reminding you that navigation, like walking, is a skill rather than a guarantee. As a good copy sold by Crappy Old Books, this particular edition has exactly the right credentials. A pristine guide to a rugged coastline would feel faintly suspicious, as though it had never been trusted with the job. This one, by contrast, has likely spent some time in a rucksack, consulted at windy junctions, and possibly opened with hands that were not entirely clean. A little wear only adds to its authority. It looks like a book that has been places, which is precisely what you want from a guide. Of course, there is a gentle irony in reading about the Cornwall Coast Path from the comfort of a chair. The cliffs are no less dramatic for it, but the effort required is significantly reduced. One can admire the descriptions, trace the routes, and imagine oneself striding confidently along the edge of the Atlantic without ever encountering the small matter of gravity. And yet, there is also a quiet temptation here: the sense that perhaps one day you might actually follow the path, book in hand, and see whether the reality matches the calm, measured prose. In the end, Cornwall Coast Path is exactly what it claims to be: a reliable, no-nonsense guide to a landscape that does not require embellishment. It offers direction, perspective, and just enough detail to keep you moving forward, whether in reality or imagination. A solid, slightly weathered companion for walkers, dreamers, and anyone who suspects that the best views are usually reached just after you begin to wonder why you started. THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 288 pages, a very good hardback, with 104 plates.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 212 pages: ill., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 210-211. Subjects; Coasts. England. Walking. Guidebooks. South West. Coast Path. Devon. Cornwall. Dorset. 1 Kg. …

paperback. Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Revised edition. Names inside front page. Otherwise fine.…