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Life Among The Scots, (Britain in Pictures Series).
by Smith, Janet Adam
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG/GD+
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, 1946-01-01. First Edition, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/VG/GD+. Box 79 HARDBACK ?Number 101 of the Britain In Pictures Series,?* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1946* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and dark blue-green paper covered boards. White title to spine & with design to face. Minimal rubs at head & tail of spine, to edges and to corners. VG* Jacket condition: Matching dust Jacket. Some shelf wear to head & tail of spine & to front corners. Spine and adjacent areas aged. A few small marks. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Inscription and a small sketch to front paste down. No foxing or annotations to text. A few light marks to end papers. VG+* Illustrations: 8 plates in colour 21 illustrations in b/w. * Pages: 48 pp. text. Short bibliography at rear.* One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Janet Adam Smith has written a brief guide to the history and development of the Scottish people from before the reformation to the allied landings in Europe which involved Scottish regiments. The first chapter starts with the words ?As soon as the traveller from the South arrives in Scotland he finds himself among people whose language, customs and outlook are not exactly those of the comparable class in England.? The particular importance of this volume is that Smith gives a fascinating and engagingly written insight into these differences and the ways in which they arose.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st. edition, 1st. impression, in this collectable series. Dust jacket faults reduce it from VG+ to GD+* 0
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4690
- Title
- Life Among The Scots, (Britain in Pictures Series).
- Author
- Smith, Janet Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/GD+
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1946-01-01
- Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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