English Farming; The English Poets; English Music; English Country Houses; Horses of Britain; British Dogs; Sporting Pictures of England; English Glass

Published by William Collins, London, 1942

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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA

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A delightful set of eight colourfully illustrated volumes from Collins' 'Britain in Pictures' series, including works such as Vita Sackville-West's 'Country Houses'. A mixed edition set of eight volumes from the 'Britain in Pictures' series.Uniformly bound in the publisher's original paper covered boards.Publisher Collins decided to launch this series of social history books to boost morale at a time when most of Europe was occupied by Germany.It also served as a way to preserve the British way of life, with an array of talented authors that contributed their own specialty subjects.Each volume is illustrated with numerous black and white in-text illustrations, as well as either eight or twelve colour plates.This set contains the following works: English Farming (1942) by Sir E. John Russell Second edition. With twelve colour plates. The English Poets (1942) by Lord David Cecil Second edition. With eight colour plates.English Music (1943) by W. J. Turner Third edition. With twelve colour plates.English Country Houses (1944) by V. Sackville-West. New edition. With eight colour plates.British Horses and Ponies (1944) by Lady Wentworth. First edition. With eight colour plates.British Dogs (1945) by A. Croxton Smith. First edition. With eight colour plates.Sporting Pictures of England (1945) by Guy Paget. First edition. With twelve colour plates. English Glass (1946) by W. B. Honey. First edition. With eight colour plates. Collated, complete. Uniformly bound in the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart, with only shelf wear to most consisting mainly of bumping to the spine head and tail. With heavier instances of rubbing to 'Sporting' and 'English Poets'. With significant sunning to 'Country Houses'. Bookplate of one J. Wykeham-Musgrave to the front free endpaper of 'Horses'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpapers of 'Music', 'British Dogs' and 'Country Houses'. The odd spot to the endpapers of 'Sporting Pictures'. Very Good.…

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Title
English Farming; The English Poets; English Music; English Country Houses; Horses of Britain; British Dogs; Sporting Pictures of England; English Glass
Author
Various
Publisher
William Collins, London
Publication year
1942
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Hardback
Illustrator
Numerous Illustrators
Item weight
1.5 kilograms
Dimensions
9" by 6.5"
Seller catalogs
British History

Rooke Books PBFA

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