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THE WEST OF ENGLAND
by RUTH MANNING-SANDERS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: B T BATSFORD LTD , 1949 Turquoise cloth boards with blue titles to spine, 215 x 145 mm approx. Top edge stained green, Maps to end papers, viii + 152 pp. Colour frontis + 116 other b/w illustrations - being mainly photographs on 64 glossy plates + a few line illustrations in text. First Edition 1949. Published in Batsford's "Face of Britain" series with flier for others in series loosely laid in. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- a little fading of cloth to extremities, no significant wear or soiling, mild foxing to fore and bottom edges not affecting the margins of the book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - moderate to heavy rubbing with a little loss and colour rubbed to spine edges, non price clipped - cover 12s6d . Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133078
- Title
- THE WEST OF ENGLAND
- Author
- RUTH MANNING-SANDERS
- Illustrator
- G SHEPHERD (COVER ART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- B T BATSFORD LTD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- The West of England, Ruth Manning-Sanders, The West Country, The Wool Trade, John Weslry, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Batsford Face of Britain, Topography,
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