This was England: A Countryman's Calendar
by Vachell, Horace Annesley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
£9.56£6.69
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. Being a pilgrimage through the by-ways of yesterday, through England that used to be, with its flowers and fields and trees and birds, with its legend stories and Fables, its quaint customs and Folklore. CONDITION Blue cloth boards with spine title rubbed, faintest edge wear and a surface cigarette scorch to front. Foxing to eps and edges, prev owners name inked to ffep, pp335 with 2 illus. Tight and clean internally.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6596
- Title
- This was England: A Countryman's Calendar
- Author
- Vachell, Horace Annesley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Ariel Books
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