Normandy by Brodrick, Alan Houghton - 1947

Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 316 pages. Pictorial laminated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages; visible foxing to text block edges and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has subtle tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a minor forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with minor loss and creasing to panels.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 319 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. 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. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Light tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 320pp, with numerous sepia photographic plate illustrations. In red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration front and spine, top edge red (boards are strong, square, clean and sharp-edged, just a little sunned around spine). Endpapers lightly toned, else internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. Square, tight copy bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine has faded. Issued as part of 'The People's France' series, a companion series to The King's England. A detailed vintage guide to the history and sights of Normandy for visitors and travellers, including some interesting pictures of the effects of the second world war on Normandy.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. book clean and tight, map to rear endpaper, DJ: edge wear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked owith small tear/crease near upper front spine edge. Large fold-out map at rear in excellent condition. 316pp. Well illustrated study and guide for the area of Normandy in northern France. The same format as Mee's King's England.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.25 x 5.5 inches.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pages a little tanned with some sporadic foxing, mainly to top edge, front hinge cracked, else internally in good condition, folded map in rear present, foxed and with a tear. No wrapper..