A BOOK OF BRITAIN AN ANTHOLOGY OF WORDS AND PICTURES by Hadfield, John: [ ed] - 1950

Hulton Press, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Vista Books, 1959. 3rd impression.. Hardback. Cloth spine over decorated boards, VG. 255pp, colour frontis, b/w & colour plates, index, edges rubbed, otherwise a fair copy. A collection of verse, prose and paintings which illustrate quintesential Britishness

Hulton Press, 1957. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Cloth spine over decorated boards, dj, VG/VG. 255pp, colour frontis, b/w & colour plates, index, edges rubbed, otherwise a fair copy. A collection of verse, prose & paintings which illustrate quintesential Britishness

Hulton Press, 1959. 1st edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed paper-laid board (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 255, illus with coloured and b&w plates (fore-edge spotted; previous owner's neat inscription on verso of front endpaper).

Hulton P, 1956. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London, UK: Hulton Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 13-256pp, numerous colour and black and white plates. Quarter bound in white cloth over green paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Spine discoloured, lightly rubbed spine ends. Dusty top text block edge, edges foxing. Illustrative endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has minor loss on spine, light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.

London: Hulton Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. Very good/Fair. Hulton Press, London, 1956. First edition. Book condition: very good. A little wear and a very slight lean to spine. Slight tanning to endpapers and some very light spotting to text block edges. Internally very clean. Dust Jacket: Fair. Unclipped. Edge wear and some chipping to corners. Slight loss to extremities of some folds. Alittle discolouration to spine and some light spotting. Generally rubbed and worn. An anthology of delightfully unusual material. From the seventeenth century mystical poet Quarles to Dylan Thomas, the poetic background of the British scene is presented with a rare feeling for exciting vistas and unfamiliar detail. The choice of illustrations range from a fifteenth century wood-carving in a Suffolk pub to an industrial street scene by L. S. Lowry, shows the same lively disregard for conventional taste. They include superb and important works of British art, they have been gathered from a wide variety of… Read More