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London: The Richards Press. 1949 1st ed. 456pp. green cloth 8vo: Good+ in a worn and torn dj [age browning of endpp; else G+] An anthology of excerpts from 52 British writers down the ages ranging from Chaucer to Robert Louis Stevenson with brief biographical information on each subject. The Oxford-educated Stuart Petre Brodie Mais (1885-1975) was a prolific English… Saber más sobre este artículo

Richards Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition. 456 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Richards Press Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition. 456 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to front endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Richards Press Ltd., 1949. lightly toned end papers, else textblock is clean and tight. binding lightly shelf-worn; spine titling lightly faded. no dust jacket; 456p.; fifty-one chapters (short biographies) covering notable English literary, scientific, theological, philosophical and political figures from Beowulf in the tenth century to Robert Louis Stevenson of the late 19th century (48 men, 3… Saber más sobre este artículo

London:: Richards Press,, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/no DJ. Discolouring to ffep and rfep. Previous owners details on ffep. Scuffing to cloth.

London: Richards Press Ltd, 1949. xiii, 456p., slightly chipped dj. A brief look at 52 authors, with selections from their writings.

Hardcover. Very Good. VG+/G. dw has been taped at all edges to preserve frays & tears.