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Collins, London, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Williams Collins, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1942. 48 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Contains black and white, and colour illustrations. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing to edges and heavy splits to joints.

W. Collins, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. No Edition Stated. 48 pages. No dust jacket. Blue boards. Includes illustrated plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Boards have some edge wear, with slight bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Boards very foxed overall.

No DJ, boards faded. . Internally very clean with tight binding and no inscriptions or other markings,48 pages with eight colour plates by various artists and black and white illustrations by various artists.

London: Collins. 1946. F Second Printing Used. H Hardcover. Very Good. In blue and white jacket over matching boards, 4to, 47pp. (light shelfwear and toning to jacket extremities)

Britain in Pictures. Good, chipped dj. Cloth, 48p., 8 color plates & 24 b&w illus.

London: Collins, 1942. Britain In Pictures The British People In Pictures. Penciled inscription on ffep, age soiled end papers, else textblock is clean and tight. Bumped head and foot of the sunned spine, bumped corners, minor soiling to covers. Unclipped dust jacket, age soiled spine and edges, rubbing to spine edges, creased corners. 48pp.. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by 8 Colour Plates, 24 B&W Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

London: Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 8 plates in color and 22 illustrations in black and white. Text clean. Minor rubs along spine and bottom edge of dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

GB: Collins (Britain in Pictures), 1946. Britain in Pictures 22.. 2nd Impression. Hardback. VG/VG DW.

Bahamas: Collins (Britain in Pictures) With 8 plates in colour and 24 illustrations in black & white. Not dated. Printed in GB but "Bahamas" published. Plain grey boards with blue spine. Some spotting to prelims. Entire dw quite heavily spotted.. Hardback. VG/G++ DW.

London, UK: William Collins, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942, 1946 Printing. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/VG; w/edge rubs to leading edges & price strike-out to rear inner flap. Showing discoloration to fEP w/PO name (Miss Helen Jolly), title page, and rear endpaper from once embedded clippings. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, member of the 3 Mount Everest expeditions of 1933, 1936 & 1938, Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) relates history of, and personal experiences from, early days of the Alpine Club, which he joined in 1902. Illustrated archival illustrations w/8 color plates & 24 illustrations in b/w. 48 pgs in 5 chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal… Read More

Williams Collins, 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.7994 cent in x 22.3830 cent in x 16.7872 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + name/ dedication and ex libris plate inside cover - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Collins. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Minor markings.Well bound.[R.M]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Britain In Pictures Publishers. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (britain, mountaineering, hiking, nature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES?,* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1946 (1942)* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and blue paper covered boards. White title to spine. VG* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, some slight darkening to spine, small nicks at head and tail of spine and to corners, adhesive labels to spine and rear. Covered in clear plastic film. VG* Contents condition: Ex-school library copy with usual neat stamps and labels clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Slight spine lean. No inscriptions VG+ * Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 22 illustrations in b/w.* Pages: 48 pp. text. no index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Mr Smythe describes not only the history of the sport of mountaineering from the early days of the Alpine Club. From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn and on to the attempts on Everest in 1933, 1936 and 1938. Obviously this is written before the Hilary and Tensing conquest of… Read More

HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES, No 22.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, mid blue-green paper and white covered boards. White title to spine with illustration showing alpenstock and rope. Very slight marks to front board. Slight age to spine and slight wear at head & tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Small marks and owners name to fep. No annotations. Very slight age to end papers. VG* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 24 illustrations & photos in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text.* One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) tells the story of mountaineering from the early days of the Alpine Club. Text in six chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and,… Read More

Britain In Pictures Publishers, 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

London: William Collins, 1942. First edition. A volume in the "Britain in Pictures" series. Evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown, top edge faintly foxed, edges of the fragile boards rubbed, else a very good clean copy in dust jacket, just slightly torn at the head of the spine..

London: Collins, 1946 8vo. original green pictorial boards (worn along edges and corners, splitting along spine, some damp staining; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A reading copy. [Neate S112]. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. G-/No Jacket.

Bahamas: Britain in Pictures Publishers, 1942 nd. [1942]. 8vo. original paper covered boards (a little rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A near fine copy. [Neate S112]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.