Geoffrey Grigson General Editor (16 results)

Second American Edition October 1957: Original coloured pictorial boards (hardback) , 9.75 x 7.5 inches approx. , no dust jacket, black and white illustrated endpapers, 434 pages, no inscriptions, clean and sound, contents very good, lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, 16 full page colour plates. Set out A -Z for easy reference.…

Condition: Good. 1951. Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper but remains intact. Yellowing of pages, otherwise good clean copy. . . . .

Condition: Good. 1951. Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper but remains intact. Yellowing of pages, otherwise good clean copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Firmly bound with no writing inside, the cover has a little light dust spotting with lower front corner a little bumped. The jacket is present, not price clipped with a few tears and some paper loss.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Number 10. (great britain, travel, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy in a godd dust jacket with some edgewear. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Clean tight copy in a good dust jacket with some edgewear and chipping. Black and white images throughout. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean tight copy ina very good dust jacket with some slght chipping, Colour frontispiece and black and white images throughout. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean tight copy in a good dust jacket with some chipping. Black and white and colour images throughout. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. About Britain No. 10. (Great Britain, England, Travel, Guidebook) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. 8vo. 92 pp. With black and white photos, sketches and maps. Original printed paper boards with dust wrapper. A New Guide Book with a Portrait by E. Estyn Evans. Published for the Festival of Britain Office. Very Good in a Very Good color dust jacket.

With a Portrait by E. Estyn Evans. Colour and black & white plates. Contents: very good, with one small biro stroke at the bottom of page 47. Dustwrapper: small chips to top and tail of spine repaired internally with matching paper. Edges & corners a little rubbed, with one small nick to top edge, otherwise very good & clean. 92 pp. …

1st edition. With a Portrait by Geoffrey Grigson. Illustrated in black & white and colour. Contents: light spotting, otherwise very good. Dustwrapper: light foxing to interior. Small closed tear & crease to top edge. Corners & edges a little rubbed, & spine slightly faded, otherwise very good. 92 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Ed., H/B with illust. bds in VG+ condition in price clipped sl. rubbed and creased d/w. A new guide book with a protrait by W. G Hoskins, published for the Festival of Britain office. It contains photographs, a map, a gazetteer, and illustrated strip-maps of some tour itineries.…

1st edition. (no dustwrapper). With a Portrait by W. G. Hoskins. Numerous black & white plates, some colour. Contents: very good+. Dustwrapper: edges & corners a litte rubbed, otherwise very good & very bright. 92 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printings of five volumes in the About Britain series of books, published in 1951 to coincide with the Festival of Britain. Each of the thirteen volumes in the series has a different author, with the exception of the first two written by the General Editor Geoffrey Grigson. Black and white and occasional colour photographic illustrations throughout the book. ***All five books are very good - near fine in map-illustrated paper-covered boards. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spines just slightly creased. No bumps. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the bindings. Spines tight. Internally also very good - near fine with no inscriptions, but No. 4 has a tippexed out name at the top of the title page. Pages clean and bright. No foxing. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality paper. ***In very good illustrated dustwrappers, which repeats the map design on the boards. All dustwrappers largely complete, retaining their original published printed prices of 3/6 net on the front flaps - except for No. 5 which has a chip at the top edge of the front panel, and a large corner price-clip to the front flap. Extremities of dustwrappers slightly rubbed, with small areas of loss at the top and bottom of the spines. No creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrappers clean and bright. ***220mm x 145mm. Each volume has 92 pages including a section of touring maps and a Gazetteer at the back of each book. ***'About Britain is a series of 13 books published by Collins for the Festival of Britain in 1951 under the general editorship of Geoffrey Grigson who also wrote the first two volumes in the series. No.1 - West Country by Geoffrey Grigson, No. 2 - Wessex by Geoffrey Grigson, No. 3 - Home Counties by R. S. R. Fitter, No. 4 - East Anglia by R. H. Mottram, No. 5 - Chilterns to Black Country by W. G. Hoskins, No. 6 - South Wales and the Marches by W. J. Gruffydd, No. 7 - North Wales and the Marches by W. J Gruffydd, No. 8 - East Midlands and the Peak by W. G. Hoskins, No. 9 - Lancashire and Yorkshire by Leo Walmsley, No. 10 - The Lakes to Tyneside by Sid Chaplin, No. 11 - The Lowlands of Scotland by John R. Allan, No. 12 - Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Alastair M. Dunnett, No. 13 - Northern Ireland by E. Estyn Evans.' (Wiki) ***Five volumes of first printings of the About Britain series of books, published in 1951 to coincide with the Festival of Britain. All in very good condition in their original dustwrappers. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…