Edité par Oxford University Press, 1946
Vendeur : Bookstore Brengelman, Cincinnati, OH, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Publisher: Oxford University Press, Date of Publication: 1946, Binding: hardcover, Condition: Very Good/No Jacket, Description: Spine faded. volume I only.
Edité par Oxford UP, 1946
Vendeur : Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Tight and clean lacking the dust jacket.
Edité par Oxford University Press, England, 1946
Vendeur : Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, Volume 1 only of a 4-volume set, features full-page works (some in color) by "well-known artists who were asked by the Pilgrim Trust to make a pictorial record of the changing face of Britain," text accompanies each illustration, book is in excellent condition, mild turning to the bottom corners of the cloth is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket has 1-inch of loss at the spine-ends and some loss at the corners also, the spine is tanned, the jacket is clean, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included.
Edité par Oxford University Press, 1946
Vendeur : World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. 1946. No Edition Noted. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with colour and black and white illustrated plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Thee is cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and bleach spotting. Noticeable bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Heavier sunning to spine and book is forward leaning.
Edité par Oxford Univeristy Press; Pilgrim Trust, London, 1946
Vendeur : Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. B/w (illustrateur). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; red c w/ gilt titles; 223 clean, unmarked pages.
Date d'édition : 1946
Vendeur : GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. . Oxford University Press/Pilgrim Trust 1946, clean copy, no dustjacket, light foxing to endpapers, contents & plates clean, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Edité par Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1946
Vendeur : Shore Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 224 pages. Illustrated. One of the first appeals of importance to reach the Pilgrim Trust in the autumn of 1939 was from Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, writing on behalf of the Minister of Labour and National Service, by whom he had been appointed Chairman of a Committee on the Employment of Artists in Wartime. In addition to engaging artists to portray features and incidents of the work of the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Air Ministry, it was also proposed that artists should be invited to make a number of topographical water-colour drawings of places and buildings of characteristic national interest, particularly those exposed to the danger of destruction by the operations of war. The project came to be called 'Recording the changing face of Britain'. Quite apart from the havoc wrought by the enemy and by our own necessary defensive measures, and despite the protective work of the National Trust, the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, and similar bodies, the outward aspect of Britain was changing all too quickly before the War at the sinister hands of improvers and despoilers. The Trustees responded to the appeal of the Ministry with grants which ultimately amounted to £6,000, and the entire administration of this fund was handed over to a small committee consisting of Mr. P. H. Jowett, R.W. S. (Principal of the Royal College of Art), Sir Kenneth Clark, K.C.B. (Director of the National Gallery), and Mr. W. Russell Flint, R.A. (representing the Royal Academy). Mr. Arnold Palmer was appointed Secretary. It is to these four gentlemen that all credit is due for the success of the scheme. They chose the artists, agreed the subjects, and made all other arrangements. On behalf of my colleagues and myself I acknowledge with gratitude the debt we owe to them, and the debt the country owes to them, for their skill and devotion. They showed their wisdom in concentrating early on the coastal counties. As the War went on these areas became more and more strictly controlled. Many recordings which were made in 1940 could not have been made later. All the coastal counties of England except Northumberland, Durham, and Lincolnshire were included. Accommodation for the work of the Committee was provided in the National Gallery, by the kindness of the authorities, and here also exhibitions of the pictures were held in three successive summers. In addition exhibitions toured the provinces under the auspices of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (now the Arts Council of Great Britain), and of the British Institute of Adult Education, with the co-operation of the Art Exhibitions Bureau. In December 1943 . . . (#30).
Edité par Oxford University Press, 1946
Vendeur : BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : UsedVeryGood. Hardcover, Volume 1 only; light fading, light shelf wear to cloth; otherwise in very good condition with clean text, tight binding.
Edité par Oxford University Press, 1946
Vendeur : Gareth Roberts, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, CARMS, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Ex-library, hardback, no D/J, usual stamps and markings. Rebound by the library. Boards a little grubby, page edges tanned, small stains to a few pages. Ready for immediate dispatch from UK. Heavy book - will ship overseas for extra postage.