A History of English Literature Tapa dura - 1973

G. & C. Merriam Co, January 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable.

Springfield, MA: Merriam. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. 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.

Springfield, MA: Merriam. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

G. & C. Merriam Co, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 087779085X . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; B&W Illustrations; 512 pages .

Springfield, MA: Merriam, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pgs.512 with index clean tight copy slight edge and corner wear to all extremities with light tanning to text pages

U.S.A.: G. & C. Merriam Co, 1973. very good hardcover with no dust jacket. Some wear. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

G & C Merriam Company, Publishers, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: Various. preface by author, bibliography and index. Brown coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations and black-and-white photographs from throughout English literature's history. Brown coloured cloth boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the book corners and rubbing and bumping to the backstrip edges. Faint dust marks and foxing to the top text block edge and browning to the other text block edges. Light age toning to the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a montage of literary figures and works, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the top backstrip edge. Multiple tears to the top dustwrapper edge, measuring from 0.75 " to 2 inches, all with associated creasing. There are smaller tears to the lower… Leer más

Peter Quennell's A History of English Literature is a reference book, but it is known as one that people actually read straight through.
From a review: "This book is a delight. Quennell is besotted by the English language and he presents to the reader a procession of gifted wordsmiths both famous and obscure, from the dawn of British literature to the present. You will be introduced to a full array of English eccentrics, including the poet who permitted his farm animals to roam free in his vicarage, and chose this as an opportunity to teach his pig to drink from a tankard. We travel to to the Mermaid Tavern, where Ben Johnson and Donne and Will Shakespeare met for ale. Quennell's knowledge is prodigious and his judgements are both fresh and reasoned; the text is well-illustrated."
This is a first edition, unread, unopened.
512 pages, heavily illustrated.
Outside, it is almost perfect--there is a little white spot at the top of the back cover. No dust jacket.
Inside, it is in pristine condition.