Published by Hastings House, 1944
Seller: H&G Antiquarian Books, Sheboygan, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. yellow cloth binding with gilt stamped title on spine cover, binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked, ffep and 1/2 title page with a tear and taped, givers dedication on ffep 48 plates win color and 125 Illustrations in black and white.
Published by Hastings House, New York, 1944
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second impression. A near-fine copy, without a jacket. A clean, tight copy without any marks. Very light foxing to front matter and rear pastedown. Head and foot of spine are lightly pushed. Very light foxing to edges. Very light white soil mark to front cover. Very light fraying to corners. Very small pen mark on rear cover.
Published by William Collins, London, 1944
Seller: Ann Wendell, Bookseller, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 48 Plates in Colour (illustrator). 1st Thus. Very good green cloth hardcover in very good dust jacket with edgewear, previous owner name & date (1944). Size 6x9 with 324 pages, index, illustrated with 48 plates in colour, 125 illustrations in black & white. A 1944 reprint of the first seven volumes of the Britain in Pictures series.
Published by London: Collins, 1947
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Reprint. Inscription from previous owner. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 324 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 8vo (23 cm). First published 1944 / third impression 1947. Contents; The English Bible, by Sir Herbert Grierson.--The English poets, by Lord David Cecil.--British dramatics, by Graham Greene.--British historians, by E. L. Woodward.--English diaries and journals, by Kate O'Brien.--English novelists, by Elizabeth Bowen.--British philosophers, by Kenneth Matthews. Subjects; English literature History and criticism. Turner, W. J. (Walter James) 1889-1946. O'Brien, Kate 1897-1974. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Collins, 1947
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Reprint. Inscription from previous owner. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 324 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 8vo (23 cm). First published 1944 / third impression 1947. Contents; The English Bible, by Sir Herbert Grierson.--The English poets, by Lord David Cecil.--British dramatics, by Graham Greene.--British historians, by E. L. Woodward.--English diaries and journals, by Kate O'Brien.--English novelists, by Elizabeth Bowen.--British philosophers, by Kenneth Matthews. Subjects; English literature History and criticism. Turner, W. J. (Walter James) 1889-1946. O'Brien, Kate 1897-1974. 1 Kg.
Published by Hastings House (1944), New York, 1944
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 324 pages, color illustrations, orange boards with gilt printing to the spine. Very Good in a slighlty toned and edge chipped dust jacket. From the library of Richard Daniel Altick (1915 - 2008), American literary scholar of the Victorian Age, and Regents Professor of English at Ohio State University from 1945 - 1982. "He was a scholar and historian who brought the Victorian Age back to life." (Michael Slater in the Guardian, April 5, 2008.).