A Walk in the Woods: Exploring Britain's Greatest Woodland (SIGNED)

Miles, Archie (SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0711229570 / ISBN 13: 9780711229570

Published by Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, London, 2009

About this Item

315 x 260mm. pp. 208. English text. Flat-signed first hardback edition of 'A Walk in the Woods: Exploring Britain's Greatest Woodland' by Archie Miles. Signed in black pen to title page. Lavish colour photographic illustrations throughout. Bound in original green boards. Housed in pictorial dust jacket. A little light bumping and rubbing to edges and volume very lightly cocked, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No underlining. Not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected with removable mylar cover. 1.63kg. Extra postage overseas.

Seller Inventory # 039586

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Walk in the Woods: Exploring Britain's Greatest Woodland (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711229570
• ISBN 13: 9780711229570
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Miles, Archie (SIGNED)
• Edition: First Hardback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good -
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Botany and Gardening

About this title

Synopsis

An illustrated tour of fifty of Britain's greatest woodland walks with specialist tree photographer and writer Archie Miles, published in association with the Woodland Trust.



From beech woods, oak woods and pine woods to ancient forest, coastal woodland, ravine woodland and the very best arboreta, A Walk in the Woods ranges over twenty-five different topics and a wide geographical range, and includes encounters with some of Britain's most ancient and characterful trees.



Complementing and crowning the series of nine regional woodland walking guides already published by Frances Lincoln, the book includes a Gazetteer with brief descriptive details and access information for the featured sites plus a shortlist of some of the best of the rest. The readable and deeply informed text describes the physical topography of each site, in context with the regional characteristics, incorporating information on vegetation, flora, wildlife habitats (with particular reference to rare, endangered or site specific species), as well as a wealth of social, cultural or industrial history.



Spellbinding photographs taken throughout the seasons show the diverse interiors of the woodlands, with a range of views into and out of the woods, placing them in their landscape context. Also included are accompanying images of woodland details - fungi, flowers, wildlife, and historic features.

About the Author

Archie Miles has had an abiding passion for landscape photography stretching back 35 years, developing since the early 1990s a special interest in trees and woodland. He wrote and photographed Silva - The Tree in Britain, a cultural overview of all aspects of Britain's trees, published in 1999. Subsequently, he was the author/photographer for The Trees that made Britain (2006), in association with the BBC2 series, and Hidden Trees of Britain in 2007.