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1942. Reprinted. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Illustrated by George Rankin. Introduction by J Arthur Thomson. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. A few pages intensely foxed. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Slight split to upper rear joint. Slight water staining to front and rear. Spine is slightly sunned and foxed. Boards moderately foxed overall.

rear cover mottled, lacks front end paper Internally very clean and sound

Photograph available on request.

No jacket. Minor shelf wear. Gentle fading along spine board. Nick to edge of page 33 and adjacent plate. Light tanning and foxing to endpapers and edge of text block.

1942. W. and R. Chambers. Hardcover. GOOD Red cloth, black titles on spine, slightly sunned spine, edgewear, foxed page edges. Previous owner's name. 8x5.5. 340pp. Colour plates throughout.

1942. Latest Reprint. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends.

xxviii, 340 pages, 132 drawings in colour (all present). Wear at top and bottom of spine, spine is also sunned, old inscription on front endpaper.

Clean crisp bright copy. No dw

hardback quarto (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

Sound reference copy in tight binding; navy cloth with gilt titles on spine; cloth worn at extremities; with patch of loss in centre of front board; spine balding at head & foot. Lovely colour frontispiece. Scattered foxing throughout; some pages previously loose - now reattached, though edges remain worn; 132 colour plates, all checked and present. This is a hevay book (about 2.1kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)

reprint 340pp ills.(col.) VG- (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents sl.browned and foxed,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

[1920?]. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated in colour by Grorge Rankin. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Sound reference copy in tight binding; navy cloth with gilt titles on spine; cloth worn at extremities; with patch of loss in centre of front board; spine balding at head & foot. Lovely colour frontispiece. Scattered foxing throughout; some pages previously loose-now reattached, though edges remain worn; 132 colour plates, all checked and present. This is a hevay book (about 2.1kg packed); additional postage may be required.

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

xxviii, 340 pages, 132 drawings in colour (all present). Wear at top and bottom of spine, spine is also sunned, old inscription on front endpaper.

Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Sound reference copy in tight binding; navy cloth with gilt titles on spine; cloth worn at extremities; with patch of loss in centre of front board; spine balding at head & foot. Lovely colour frontispiece. Scattered foxing throughout; some pages previously loose-now reattached, though edges remain worn; 132 colour plates, all checked and present. This is a hevay book (about 2.1kg packed); additional postage may be required.

Size: 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to); [1920? ]. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated in colour by Grorge Rankin. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

1947. W. and R. Chambers. Hardcover. GOOD Black titles, red boards. Illustrated with 127 Drawings in Colour. Spine is marked. 8x5

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Size: 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to); [1920? ]. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated in colour by Grorge Rankin. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

No date (1910), red cloth with gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 340 pages plus 132 drawings in colour by George Rankin. Cover stained and slightly grubby, spine sunned, wear to extremities, corners bumped. Moderate foxing throughout but generally not affecting plates. Spine cracked. Binding remains intact but for plates 44, 46 and 58, which are detached and edge-worn. Contents o/w clean and unmarked. Heavy book (2.3 kg) - UK and Overseas orders will require additional postage.

bright red tooled boards ( at border with 132 color drawings by Rankin large tome

xxviii, 340 pages, 132 drawings in colour (all present). Wear at top and bottom of spine, spine is also sunned, old inscription on front endpaper.