In Search of England.

SOFTBACK "PENGUIN 1431," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1960.* Publisher: Penguin in association with Methuen.* Binding and cover condition: Mono illustrated card covers showing a black illustration of a Cathedral surrounded by branches. Orange & black titles to face & black to slightly dished spine. Normal orange, black and white Penguin livery. Minor shelf wear to edges, also to head & tail of spine. Slightly grubby. VG.* Contents condition: Some slight wear to inside of front cover. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no other visible faults to pages. Minimal paper darkening throughout & especially to page edges. Seems lightly used. GD++. * Illustrations: One 2 pp. b/w l/dwn map at front. One 8pp. block of b/w photos.* Pages: 277 pp. text. xi pp. index ads & blank pages at rear.* Description:- H.V. Morton was a reporter and obtained a reputation as a young man which led to his presence at important meetings in the second world war. This book was first published in 1927 and, given the experienced eye of the author, provides an important view of the social history of the country between the two world wars. Illustrated with a two page map and a block of black and white photos it gives a flavour of the countryside and the towns & cities as they were in the early part of the nineteenth century.* This is a NEAR VG copy of the 1st thus. 1st. Imp. with some age and wear reducing it to GD++.*