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Published by Oxford University Press, 1949
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. All three volumes are in a protected removable plastic sleeve. All 3 volumes have pages tanning but clean.
Published by Oxford University Press 1944-1949, Toronto, 1944
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth, lettering and decoration in gilt on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; illustrated in b/w throughout. All volumes in VG or better condition, with bumped spine tips and corners, in about VG dust jackets, with sunned spines, some light creasing and chipping along the edges. An excellent working set, with clean and unmarked text blocks, and jackets displaying nicely in mylar.
Published by Oxford University Press 1944-1949, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1944
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printings. pp. xv, 376; xviii, 404; xi, 537. 8vo's., measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Uniformly bound in publisher's original navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation over maroon spine labels. Black-and-white photographic frontispieces, accompanied with dozens of black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, aerial photographs, charts, tables, illustrations, etc. Light rubbing, and edgewear to the cloth extremities, slight bump to head and tail of spines. Contents remain entirely without blemish with clean, and unmarked pages, and firm sound bindings. Overall, very good. Vol. I & II lacking their dustjackets, Vol. III accompanied with its original shelfworn dustjacket showing chips and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Scarce to be offered in commerce as a complete three-volume set.