Search Results: about britain no 8 east midlands by hoskins w g

Collins. Used - Good. Good condition. (England, travel guides)

London.: Collins., 1951. 92pp, illustrations. About Britain Guides published for the Festival of Britain.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collins, NULL. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Collins, 1951. 92pp, paper covered boards with map design, matching priceclipped dustjacket with wear to top edge. B + w illustrations, including interesting period photographs. Introductory essay by W G Hoskins and gazetteer by H G Stokes. Previous owner's bookplate on inner board, otherwise internally Fine. Part of a series produced for the Festival of Britain, this volume covers Lincolnshire Derbyshire, Leicester and Nottingham. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins/published for the Festival of Britain Office. 1951. 92pp. illus. pictorial hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Very Good dj [couple of tiny nicks in cover paper; ink name & address on title p.; else VG+; dj = few tears @ extremities; else VG] One of 13 guidebook volumes depicting a region of the British Isles published for the 1951 Festival of Britain and sponsored by the Brewers' Society. This volume is a nice period guide to Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except Holland), Rutland, Corby area of Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

London: Collins. Very Good/Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket price unclipped. These books are guides to the living Britain, covering the whole country, England,Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each is a guide to a well-defined district, planned to give you the fundamental facts about its scenery, its monuments, its buildings, its natural history, its people and their work and characteristics. The districts are portrayed by well-known authors and specialists, among them W. G. Hoskins, Leo Walmslcy, R. H. Mottram, and Geoffrey Grigson (who is the General Editor). The portraits are married to carefully selected photographs, including some pages in colour. Tours, too, are suggested (and illustrated by road maps, drawings and notes) to enable you to explore each district in a short time by car or bicycle. Each book begins with a coloured title-page by an artist such as Kenneth Rowntree or Barbara Jones, and ends with a detailed gazetteer. A coloured relief… Read More

London: Collins, 1951. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight dusting to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped with no marking and with small tears to top of spine and upper front edge. 92pp. Published for the Festival of Britain Office.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8.75 x 5.5 inches.

Collins for the Festival of Britain, 1951. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, pictorial paper covered boards, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved dust wrapper that is only very slightly rubbed to extremities, illustrated in colour and b&w, 92pp.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Collins 1951. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Unclipped Dust Jacket.