The Face of England
by Bates, H. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Batsford Books, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: A. F. Kersting. 128 pages, includes frontispiece and 39 other full-page colour photographs with photographic data, and a commentary on each of the areas where the photographs were taken. It covers the coast, rivers, general landscape, castles, villages and towns, universities and town and country houses. the dustjacket is split at the top of the front fold over, and there is rubbing at the head and tail of the spine section. Rubbing of the Cloth of the boards at the lower front corners, exposing cardboard, age toning of the page edges. Internally clean, bright and free of annotation. Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: A. F. Kersting. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Photography; Britain; Inventory No: 0243327. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0243327
- Title
- The Face of England
- Author
- Bates, H. E
- Illustrator
- A. F. Kersting
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Batsford Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- BZDB2 photography, England Genealogy & Local History; Photography; Britain; A. F. Kersting Unbranded Bates, H. E. The Face of England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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