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THE CHARACTER OF ENGLAND
by ERNEST BARKER (EDITOR)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1947 Navy blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles, 250 x 170 mm approx. xii + 596 pp. Frontis + 87 full page b/w illustrations as called for. First Edition 1947. Series of essays by prominent writers and historians including Jacquetta and Christopher Hawkes, G M Young, Violet Bonham Carter, Francis Meyell, Vita Sackville-West, Rebecca West etc. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- Mild general shelf wear, no notable soiling, off set browning bands to free end papers, a little dust spotting to top edge and mild foxing spots to fore edge of book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- title to spine a little faded, shelf rubbed with small nicks and ons significant ragged tear to top rear panel of 4.5 cm approx. Non price clipped - cover 35s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132467
- Title
- THE CHARACTER OF ENGLAND
- Author
- ERNEST BARKER (EDITOR)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- The Character of England, Ernest Barker, Jacquetta and Christopher Hawkes, G M Young, Violet Bonham Carter, Francis Meyell, Vita Sackville-West, Rebecca West, History,
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