Westminster Hospital; Two Centuries of Voluntary Service 1719-1948 by Langdon-Davies, John - 1952

John Murray, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable sunning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Dents to edges.

John Murray, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. First Edition. 274 pages. Two Centuries of Voluntary Service, 1719-1948. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Colour fold-out frontispiece. Pages are bright with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a notable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy surface wear, with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing to spine, edges and corners. Moderately tanned and foxed overall.

J.Murray, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

London: John Murray, 1952. Scarce. 274 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with lovely fold out color plate. Illustrated with 20 more interesting plates in text. Pages clean, good condition. Previous owner's name on ffep. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Head/tail of spine and corners lighlty worn and spine lightly faded. VG. 1st UK Edtion. Hard Cover.