Countryside [Paperback]

Richad Mabey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1998

Over a hundred years ago, the National Trust was founded to preserve places of historic interest or natural beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Today it protects more than 600,000 acres of land. The variety is unparalleled—from the fells and lakes of Cumbria to the wilderness wetlands of Wicken Fen in East Anglia. This collection of photographs reveals not only the natural beauty, but how the human hand has shaped the landscape over the centuries.

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About the Author

Richard Mabey is the author of the ground-breaking Food for Free and Flora Britanica, the definitive guide to wild flowers, plants and trees. He also contributes regularly to the Independent, the Times, the Guardian and the Countryman. He is a director of Common Ground and a former council member of the Nature Conservancy Council. He lives in Berkshire. Joe Cornish has worked on many books including In Search of Neptune for the National Trust. His customer list includes publishers, magazines and organizations like the Countryside Commission. He lives in Yorkshire. David Noton's specialist areas are landscape, nature and travel, with clients that include the BBC Natural History Unit. He has won awards in the landscape categories of the British Gas/BBC Wildlife Photography Competition. He lives in Dorset. Paul Wakefield works mainly in advertising. He has collaborated with Jan Morris on landscape books of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. In 1997 he was given the Gold Award by the Association of Photographers. He is based in London. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (September 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810963612
• ISBN-13: 978-0810963610
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,618,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Travel > Europe > Great Britain > Northern Ireland

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book of photos, September 13, 2007

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This review is from: Countryside (Paperback)

I had heard that this book was not highly recommended, but what the heck, it was $14.00 and free shipping from Amazon.

The cover photo, also displayed inside, is beautiful, as are all the other photos in the book. Some are not my cup of tea, but a lot of them are, and Joe Cornish has proven his mastery of light and the landscape photograph.

I found the book somewhat instructional because the images gave me ideas for my own work, and the text isn't preachy or anything. All in all, a very good buy!