Muddling Through, or Britain in a Nutshell ... Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
by Benson, Eleanor Theodora Roby Askwith, Betty Ellen Bentley, Nicolas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/ACC
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1936* Publisher: Victor Gollancz.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, blue title to white spine label. Very slight bumps & rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: B/w cartoon-illustrated dust wrapper on a blue ground, black titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, price shown on spine of 6/- net. Considerable wear with losses to top and bottom edges, head and tail of spine, separated at rear spine fold. Heavy foxing overall. Now re-inforced and in clear protective wrapper. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Gift dedication to ffep dated Dec. 1936. Top & fore-edge aged and dusty. Clean, crisp and tight with little reading wear, slight foxing to text, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawn cartoons within text throughout.* Pages: 149 pp. text. v pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: A companion volume to ?Foreigners or the World In A Nutshell,? which became extremely popular and formed a showcase for Nicolas Bentley and his very humorous drawings. Pithy statements throughout with delightful visual additions. E.g. Lincolnshire is flat and has little Holland. Lincolnshire has a poacher. Norfolk is flat. It has fens, and as though that were not enough it has broads. Naturally it has jackets.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st edition with some age and wear in a POOR re-inforced but protected dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2207
- Title
- Muddling Through, or Britain in a Nutshell ... Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
- Author
- Benson, Eleanor Theodora Roby Askwith, Betty Ellen Bentley, Nicolas
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ACC
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London UK 154
- Date Published
- 1936-01-01
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