About this title: Inspired by John Cheever's short story "The Swimmer", Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, and spas, Deakin presents an alternative perspective on Britain.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto and Windus, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701166526ISBN:0701166525
Description: VG. Uncorrected Proof (paperback). Clean, tight copy, with very light shelfwear, but otherwise in excellent condition throughout. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Winddus (UK)
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701166526ISBN:0701166525
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Fine condition. Chatto & Winddus, 1999. First UK edition-3rd printing(4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3). Red hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(tear and a crease on the edge of the back Dj cover, two small nicks, crease and a scratch on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings. The book is as new with a very small mark and nick on the outer edge ... read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701166526ISBN:0701166525
Description: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0701166525. The unclipped jacket has light surface and edge rubbing only. Minor rubbing to the page edges and boards, the contents are unmarked throughout. A lovely bright copy. Waterlog is a vivid and sensual record of one man's immersion in the looking-glass world of Britain's waters, rivers, seas, lidos and locks. Illustrated.; 358 pages. read more
"Waterlog is a joy to read. Roger Deakin has performed a lasting service by showing how we can connect to nature and ourselves by swimming in wild water. It is fascinating to learn that animals such as frogs are unafraid of swimmers. Deakin also shows us the beauty of old swimming pools from the thirties, something we might not have noticed.
I will certainly read Waterlog again, after I find a good map of Britain with which to follow the author's adventures. I am also inspired to swim in wild water."
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