HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, White and rose red paper covered boards. White title to spine with title and design to face. Some damage at head & tail of spine. GD* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Top corner of fep clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. Very slight ageing to end papers. No foxing. GD++* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour several illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. No index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Rose Macaulay was one of the most acclaimed of contemporary English writers and like many in his field has a fine prose style. Those who read this book will be taken on a fascinating journey through the social life of the English from the ancient Britons to the 20th century, finding a similarity of behaviour across the centuries, from eating and drinking to dress and sport. A near VG copy of the first edition in this collectable series reduced by some considerable shelf wear to GD but without a dust jacket. ( Penguin mathematics)

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4276
Title: Life Among the English
Author: Macaulay, Rose
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - GD++/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
Publisher: William Collins
Place of Publication: London Uk 48
Date Published: 1942-01-01
Size: 17.3 x 12.2 x 1.3 cm

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