Coming Down the Wye by Robert Gibbings

Coming Down the Wye

by Robert Gibbings

With wood engravings by the author

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1943, [First Edition], black and white illustrations, illustrated title page, hardcover

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, discolouration to covers, edges and spine, previous owners inscription to front endpaper, age toned pages (see photographs)

“Two years close study, observation and journeying, during many months of which the author lived alone, but for a pony, in a semi-derelict mountain cottage at the source of the Wye. Possibly the most beautiful, romantic, and legend-haunted river in England or Wales.” – Stella Books