The Englishman's country / introduction by Edmund Blunden ; edited by W.J. Turner
London: Collins, 14 St. James's Place, 1945. 1st Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #337035
Physical description: 318 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 23 cm. Notes: Series number from Carney. 1995. Britain in pictures. "Produced by Adprint Limited London."--Title-page verso. "On Mellotex book paper made by Tullis Russel & Co Ltd, Markinch, Scotland."--Title-page verso. Contents: English villages / by Edmund Blunden -- English country houses / by V. Sackville-West -- English cities and small towns / by John Betjeman -- British ports and harbours / by Leo Walmsley -- English gardens / by Harry Roberts -- English inns / by Thomas Burke. Summary: Collection of previously published works from the Britain in pictures series (no. 11, 15, 35, 48, 59, and 67). The text of each volume is complete and so are the colour illustrations except for Villages, which has lost four; but only Gardens has retained all its black and white illustrations, the rest losing at least one and sometimes more. Subjects: England Description and travel. England Social life and customs. England Description and travel. Great Britain Description and travel. Great Britain Social life and customs. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €32.00