{"product_id":"the-living-mountain-signed-folio-society-nan-shepherd-rose-strang-robert-macfarlane-2","title":"The Living Mountain (Signed Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNan Shepherd, The Living Mountain.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, [2021]. First printing thus. Two hundred copies were issued with a tipped-in printed slip signed by both the introducer and illustrator, out of which this is one. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Rose Strang. 220 × 162 × 19 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxix [xxx], [1–2] 3–100 [101–104]: [9] leaves of plates (facing pp. [iii], [xxx], 17, 25, 32, 41, 56, 73 and [88]). Type: Columbus with Baker Signet for display. Printed and bound by Kösel in full printed cloth with design by Strang; dark blue endleaves. Dark blue slip case. The first plate reproduces a photograph of Shepherd in her mid-twenties. Strang provided seven colour landscapes and a map of the Cairngorm plateau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine book with pages clean, bright and tightly bound. In like slipcase, the latter with negligible shelf-wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate meditation on the Cairngorm mountains, this quietly powerful work explores not conquest but presence; walking, watching, and knowing a landscape deeply. Written in the 1940s but unpublished until 1977, 'The Living Mountain' was ahead of its time and is now considered a classic of nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54298142146899,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/SIGNED-The-Living-Mountain-NAN-SHEPHERD-Illustrated-FOLIO-SOCIETY-2021_1_2.webp?v=1783964222","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-living-mountain-signed-folio-society-nan-shepherd-rose-strang-robert-macfarlane-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}