A History of Everyday Things in England: The Age of Production 1851-1942 by Marjorie & C H B Quennell - 1942

B. T. Batsford, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Volume III. 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 bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1935. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book is from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio Art Dept. library. The book has the library card sleeve pasted on the first page.. The library name is stamped on a couple of the pages. The cover has the library numbers on the lower area of the spine. .

GB: Batsford, 1942. Winter 1941-2. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. but spine alightly dust marked. . 2nd Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Slightly worn covered edges. Ex-Library. Hardcover.

London:: B.T. Batsford,, 1933. First edition. Decorative Cloth. Good in Poor DJ. Cloth sunned, worn, frayed along backstrip, with a few markings to rear. Top edge slightly discoloured.

UK Batsford 1950's. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4 volumes. Differing editions and reprints but appear as a set. Dustwrappers all present -some edge wear and closed tears. Books in light blue cloth with titles and decorations in darker blue.

London, United Kingdom: BT Batsford, Ltd., 1931 & 1930. Sixth and Fourth Impressions, Ex-Library. Hardcover. Fair . Quennell, Marjorie and C.H.B.. Tan boards with black letters and graphics. A pair of books on England for young adults covering history, art and social life in two volumes. "Done in two parts of which this is the first 1066 - 1499". "Done in two parts of which this is the second 1500 - 1799." Spines and hinges have been repaired. Illustrated. Usual ex-library stamps. 478 pages plus advertisements.

London New York: B. T. Batsford Ltd. / G. P. Putnam's Sons NONE [NONE] [no date]. (hardcover) 264, 256, 220, 228pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Four volumes, sold as a set. The history of England as told through the experiences of ordinary men and women, how they lived, ate, how they dressed, travelled, the houses they lived in, and the scientific advancements that affected their lives in each period of time. The jackets show light wear. The tomes are clean and bright, with black and white as well as full colour illustrations..

Batsford. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Four volumes. Good copies. No inscriptions. Some foxing to top, bottom and fore-edges. Bindings secure and cloth covers largely unmarked. Good dustwrappers with some small tears.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd , 1933-34. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6" . Marjorie and C.H.B. Quennell. Bright first editions of this very charming and popular history of England for children by the Quennell's. Consecutive volumes III and IV of four of the Quennell's famous History of Everyday Things of England series, concerned with the history of England from 1066 to 19134. The present volumes comprise the history of Industrialism (1733-1851) and the 'Age of Production' (1851-1934). Written by Marjorie Quennell and her husband Charles Henry Bourne Quennell. Marjorie also did many of the illustrations. Focus of the books was on housing, agriculture, and the way people earned their livings. Illustrated with coloured frontispieces and seventy-one full page plates both in colour and in black and white, as well as numerous illustrations in text. With numerous leaves of catalogue to rear. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear… Read More