The Tarns of Lakeland
W. Heaton Cooper
Kendal: Frank Peters Publishing, third edition 1983
Originally published 1960 by Frederick Warne, with a second edition being published in 1970 by The Heaton Cooper Studio. In the 1980s Frank Peters published a third edition of this work along with new editions of lakeland artist Wiiliam Heaton Cooper’s (1903-1995) other books – The Hills of Lakeland (1938), Lakeland Portraits (1954), The Lakes (1966), plus also publishing his autobiography Mountain Painter (1984).
This copy in a deluxe binding of full leather with a quite striking gilt design to front, signed and numbered 64 of 100 copies.
Note: Fifty copies of Heaton Cooper’s autobiography Mountain Painter were also issued in a matching deluxe binding, numbered and signed. I am not aware of the other titles having had editions in this deluxe binding.
Hardback. Full brown leather binding with gilt title to spine, gilt title and decoration to upper board; marbled endpapers; signed and numbered to first blank; page-block with all edges gilt. Housed in original brown cloth coverd slipcase with brown papered lining. pp [1] limitation page, [i]-xiv, 1-237, [1] colophon, including b/w illustrations, plus sixteen colour plates. Size: 10 x 7.5 inches approx. (253mm x 193mm).
Light shelf wear to slipcase. A few minor blemishes to lower board which are inherent in the leather. A few minor marks to fore-edge gilt of page-block; a few spots of foxing to page edges otherwise very clean thoughout.
Overall, a lovely, clean copy – superb, a quite beautiful binding and very presentable.
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