Illustrated with the author's own sketches, this book is both an atmospheric account of the 1940s Oxford and a fascinating "Oriental" view of one of Britain's best-loved cities. Illustrations.
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Illustrated with the author's own sketches, this book is both an atmospheric account of the 1940s Oxford and a fascinating "Oriental" view of one of Britain's best-loved cities. Illustrations.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition with two very minor flaws only: mild tanning to the blank end-papers and a short crease to the cloth at top of spine, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has mild tanning on the spine, a tiny amount of edge-wear at top of spine, and a small surface-bruise at bottom of spine where a label was removed, the jacket is clean and quite attractive and features a splendid color illustration on the front panel, the original price (16s) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, 183 pages, the author describes the "impressions which the scenery, buildings and people of Oxford made on his mind...Illustrated by the author with 12 coloured plates, 8 monotone plates, and 70 line illustrations in the text"
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Collectible-Very Good/Good. Signed by Author (OSA13) Inscribed as follows: "To Dr. and Mme. Julian Huxley with best wishes from Chiang Yee May 1947" Julian Huxley was a famous in his own right and the brother of the famous author Aldous Huxley; the book is in very good condition and the dust jacket, now protected in mylar, is in good condtion.
