English Women by Edith Sitwell, collins (16 results)

Condition: Good. 1942. No Edition Remarks. 48 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine.

Condition: Good. 1942. No Edition Remarks. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Stamp to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning and creasing to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Boards are edge worn. Binding is sound. No inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, DJ unclipped but showing its age; no indications of previous ownership. The editors of Britain in Pictures persuaded the Grande Dame Edith Sitwell to write the text that accompanies twenty black and white illustrations and eight in color for this thin but enjoyable volume about prominent British women in politics, the arts and other fields.

ill. OPappband. Condition: Akzeptabel. 47 Seiten with 8 Plates in Colour and 27 Illustrations in black & white. (= Britain In Pictures. The British People in Pictures). Virginia Woolf, Christina Rossetti, Florence Nightingale, George Eliot u.a. Rückenkanten berieben, Rücken brüchig. Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz mit leichter Knickspur. Innen gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Prior owner signature on ffep. Front hinge starting. Unclipped DJ In archival cover, sunning, edgewear, chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Jacket is shelf worn with closed tears, creases and chips. Boards are edge rubbed. Binding is sound. No inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good.

Condition: Good. 1942. No edition remarks. 47 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. First Impression. A Fine copy in pale bluish-grey paper covered thin boards, in Very Good or better dustwrapper of identical design, spine slightly toned. 48pp. Figures covered include Virginia Woolf, Ellen Terry, Gertrude Bell, The Brontes, etc. Q14953.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original blue pictorial boards (slightly rubbed, occ. spotting, prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, chipping to spine ends); pp. 48, with illustrations. A very good copy.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Akzeptabel. William Collins - 1. Auf. 1942 : Edith Sitwell - gb + Su 63-W4ID-8J3P Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 499.

HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Britain in Pictures, Collins 1942. 8 colour plates, 27 black and white. Very good clean tight sound square, 2 bookplates, an inscription. Bound in trademark elegant Royal 4to white lettered ruled and illustrated greyblue pictorial card boards with like original dustwrapper rubbed to spine. Designed in 1941 to boost morale, the remarkable Britain in Pictures series comprised 132 title by a starstudded array of authors including Cecil Beaton, John Betjeman and Edith Sitwell. Here the author records English women with the idea of preserving information for posterity in the face of impending Nazi threat.

1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. UNCOMMON.NEAT NAME AND DATE ON FEP. 8 PLATES IN COLOUR AND 27 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE. GENERAL EDITOR W.J. TURNER. ONE OF THE BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES.

Half Morocco. Condition: Very Good. 48; 48 pp., Two publications bound in one. Blue half morocco binding by Truslove & Hanson, with top edge gilt and gilt lettered spine. Spine is sunned to a greenish blue with some marks to the binding. Internally clean with a sweet gift inscription to the front endpaper. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and colour. Part of the Britain in pictures series 8vo. Illustrated.