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John Murray, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1944. Reprinted. 78 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Areas of loss to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to top edge of front flap. Wear marks overall.

London:: John Murray,, 1953. Second (enlarged) edition. Cloth. Very Good in Good DJ. Light shelf-wear. Dj has a few small tears.

London: John Murray, 1953. 82 pp. Illustrated by the author. Second enlarged edition. Hard bound. Book good/No jacket.

John Murray 1959 (1st.collected ed.).. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. In yellow cloth covers with red lettering to spine and red illustrations to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine slightly darkened and rubbed at top end. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Small mark to bottom edge. Else a clean and tight copy. 191 pp. With approx. 100 b/w full-pg. illustrations. Created after the author/artists visit to the USA with the emphasis on architecture.

Paperback. Very Good.

Pimpernel Press, 2015-11-01. Hardcover. New.

London: John Murray, 1959. Hardback. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with slight fraying to the head of the spine, and the price clipped.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (yellow boards with red titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6” (1 kg); (xvi) 186pp; Includes: Sketches; Illustrated lining papers; Cartoons; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199161|| Condition:

Pimpernel Press, 2015-11-01. Hardcover. Like New.

John Murray, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Murray, 1940. Third Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 83 pages, ill.,24cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain. Decoration and ornament Great Britain.

London : John Murray, 1963. 3rd edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: John Murray Paperbacks. Physical description: 80 pages, illustrations, 20 cm. Subjects: Interior decoration Great Britain; Architecture Great Britain; Houses, Buildings.

GB: Murray, 1939. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. DW is clean but has some wear and repair and end loss to spine. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/G++ DW.

London: John Murray, 1940. Hardcover. Good Condition. Dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Firm, tight bindings. A presentable used copy with no major flaws. 78, 1 pp. Category: Interior decoration; Great Britain; Decoration and ornament; 8; Add. Inventory No: 220521WCX021004. .

London: Pimpernel Press. Fine. 2015. Later Printing. Hardcover. 1910258377 . Three hardcovers in illustrated hardcover slipcase. Black and white line drawings and diagrams. This beautiful boxed-set contains three long out-of-print and influential books by the great British humourist, Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986) - Pillar to Post, the story of architecture through the ages, first published in 1938 and described by Gavin Stamp as One of the most influential books on architecture ever published; Homes Sweet Homes, a history of architectural interiors and a sequel to Pillar to Post, was first published in 1939, and Drayneflete Revealed, first published in 1948, which traces the development of one particularly typical (invented) English town. (from publisher website). Still in shrink wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages .

London: John Murray, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 78 pages: ill. ; 24cm. Subjects:Lancaster, Osbert 1908-1986. Architecture, Domestic England. Interior decoration Great Britain. Caricatures and cartoons.Great Britain Social life and customs.

John Murray, London, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 79pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine and with a red-stamped decoration to the upper board. Decorated endpapers. Top edge spotted, and with just a trace of further spotting to the margins of the free endpapers and pastedowns. A very good copy in somewhat torn price-clipped dust wrapper, with some wear and several tiny fractions of internally repaired loss to the spine panel ends and corner tips, and some chafing to several natural folds. One page promotional flyer for Lancaster's previous efforts 'Progress at Pelvis Bay' and 'Pillar to Post' laid-in. The author's fourth book. Quite uncommon..

London: John Murray, (1941).. Fourth printing, 8vo, 78, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with extremities a little worn.

Book is in very good condition DJ is worn and has some tears, not bad for its age.Please see photos.