The English Past: Evocations of Persons and Places by A. L. Rowse - 1951

Macmillan, 1951-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, 8vo, 245 pages; fading on spine, sun strips to head and tail, endpapers a bit toned; foxing to dust jacket with a few chips to corners and head and tail of spine, now protected in mylar.

Macmillan, 1952. Hardback. Published: Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1951. Hardcover. Condition: Good/fair. ? First Edition. Book in good reading condition. The book has some normal shelf. Boards and spine lightly faded. Endpapers slightly browned. The book is a series of essays in the form of chapters where the author writes about places and the famous people associated with them.

London, U.K.: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Signed and dedicated by the author on title page. Name stamps on front pastedown and endpaper. Dust jacket is rather tanned. Noticeable age-spotting on front of jacket. Several scores on rear of jacket. Jackets spine is very tanned and quite scratched. Jacket spine ends and leading corners are rather worn. Upper and leading edges of front board are a little faded. One or two small dents on leading edge of front board. Several small scorings on rear board. Spine ends and leading corners are a little worn and bumped. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF. By Author. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. Very Good. 8vo, 22cm, pp. ix, 245. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail sun-faded. Vertical toned band to half-title. Dust Jacket in Brodart - minor foxing and sunning, with a chip to the head, but still very good for age. A clean, tight copy. Rowse was an outspoken and popular expert on Elizabethan England, a poet and a biographer. Here, he sought to see important literary figures 'through the places where they lived or which their lives touched, and the places through them and their eyes'. (Preface).

London : Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 245 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Light blue cloth boards stamped in gold on spine. Subjects; Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930. Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930 Studies. Haworth Parsonage. All Souls College (Oxford). English essays 20th century. Authors, English Homes and haunts. Authors, English ; Biography. English literature History and criticism.