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Travel & exploration
Here's England
Ruth McKenney and Richard Bransten · illustrated by Osbert Lancaster
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- Author
- Ruth McKenney and Richard Bransten
- Illustrator
- Osbert Lancaster
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Year
- 1951
- Edition
- First edition not established; this copy is a 1951 Rupert Hart-Davis publication · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Fair
- Condition
- Good
About this copy
A witty and affectionate guide to England, written for the American visitor to the Festival of Britain. Ruth McKenney, author of My Sister Eileen, and her husband Richard Bransten have travelled the length and breadth of England and return with a gay, discursive guide that is full of humour and a lively sense of history. Osbert Lancaster's learned and witty illustrations bring the text delightfully to life.
The book opens with two weeks in London, then sets out seven practical journeys from the capital, with appendices on English history and architecture and a full index. End-paper maps by K. C. Jordan. A handsome hardback, complete with its original dust jacket bearing its printed price of 21s. net.
The jacket shows Osbert Lancaster's charming townscape artwork in bright colours.
Condition
- Book
- Good - A firm, sound copy with a tight binding and clean pages. Some general shelf wear to the boards and light marking to the spine ends and corners.
- Dust jacket
- Fair - Complete and attractive, with the bold Lancaster artwork still bright. Chipping and small tears to the spine ends and top corners, with some fading and rubbing to the edges.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- Lively, humorous travel guide with striking illustrations by Osbert Lancaster.
- Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1951.
- Dust jacket with printed price 21s. net, apparently original.
- Illustrator: Osbert Lancaster.
A charming copy, ready for its next reader.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
