British Pioneers in Geography by Gilbert, Edmund W - 1972

Hardback. Very Good.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1972. Very Good. Gilbert concentrates on notable personalities and their ideas and their context informs the greater part of this collection. He emphasises the importance of good writing in the common tongue, avoiding needless jargon. We are reminded that wisdom and understanding are far greater than explanation or precision in a more mechanical sense. Green borads with writing to spine. Some bumping and shelfwear. Small mark to botttom front right corner.Nice tight binding and clean pages. AB58

David & Charles PLC, 1972-02-24. Hardcover. Good.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. sound clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: David & Charles, 1972. 271pp, index, notes, bw ills, maps. Green cloth in jacket. Silvershing to top of front flap, pages edges and prelims foxed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Barnes and Noble, 1972. First edition, 8vo, pp. 271; illustrations, maps; fine in original black cloth, dust-jacket. "The author includes a study of Richard Hakluyt ... as well as modern regional novelists, among his pioneers."

David & Charles, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 271 pages; Description: 271 p. illus. 23 cm. Subject: Geographers -- Great Britain. Geography -- Great Britain -- History. Notes: Impressively portrait illustrated.