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The British Experience, 1945-75
by Calvin, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394500679
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500676
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Pantheon Books, 1978. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover Book in VERY GOOD Condition with a FINE Dust Jacket in Mylar Cover. Out-of-Print. An evaluation and description of changes in Britain since WWII, the hopes and attitudes, fears and confusion, social and economic conditions, from 1945 to 1975. Binding of navy cloth with white titles on spine and on front; very clean and unmarked, tight and solid and square with sharp corners. Upper edge and spine ends have very narrow strip of light sunning. Fore edge of text block foxed. Prev owner stamp on front endpaper. Internals as new. Blue jacket clean, glossy, unmarked, unclipped. 253 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, 1978.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013374
- Title
- The British Experience, 1945-75
- Author
- Calvin, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394500679
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500676
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN-SOCIAL CONDITIONS, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THE WELFARE STATE; MATIONALISM; POVERTY; INEQUALITY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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