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BALDING**, CLARE: : Walking Home - My Family and Other Rambles. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN,2014.

ISBN 9780670921478.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat black ink signature - without dedication - to foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, white ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip and b/w illustrated eps - rear free endpaper has an angled,vertical diagonal fold - unsure if accidental or part of production design? UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-291pp [paginated] includes a pre-amble,6 Wayfarer'e Walks comprising of 2,3,3,3,2,1 chapters respectively,16pp colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp118/9 and pp166/7,5 b/w maps interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w illustration chapter headpieces,scattered b/w illus within text borders,acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,SIGNED title page,dedication,b/w illus vignetted epigram,double-page contents list/table with maps list/table to recto of last page of contents list/table,and text permissions as last page. Clare Balding never had time to walk,or to discover Britain.She was too busy rushing on to the next adventure,jumping the next fence. Then,in 1999,Clare took a call out of the blue from a radio producer looking for a presenter for a new series."Do you walk?" she asked. "Well,I walk the dog . . ." Clare replied.That series is still going strong - and Clare's caught the walking bug. Since then she's covered fifteen hundred miles of footpaths from the Pennine Way to the South-West Coast Path.She's tackled apocalyptic thunderstorms,struggled with blisters and a twisted ankle,and seduced fans of 'erotic radio' by getting changed in a bus stop.She's walked with historians,geologists,twitchers,botanists and poets,who've told her things thy thought they would never reveal. Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure.She and her brother Andrew are determined to conquer the Wayfarer's Walk,a route that runs past their family stables in Kingsclere.What could possibly go wrong? This is a story of paths and people,of discovering the glories of Britain and Ireland,and of (mis)adventures with the family.Along the way there are charming diversions and life-chnging rambles, including her take on the 2012 Olympics. And,finally,this is Clare's story of walking home. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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