ISBN10: 0140710418, ISBN13: 9780140710410, [publisher: Penguin Books, London] Hardcover Second printing with corrections of the second edition. With 103 monochrome illustrations. Buildings of England BE-41. Whilst many of the Buildings of England series were first published as paperback in the 1950s, this title was first published as a hardback in 1970, and reprinted in 1976. This copy is a 1980 reprint with corrections. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and block lining on the spine and gilt penguin device on the front board. The boards are beautifully clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. The page block edges are clean. Internally also near fine with no previous ownership marks. The pages are clean, with no internal foxing. No creases or tears. Printed on thin paper. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, but has a black sticker over the price at the bottom corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete and virtually flawless. The edges of the dustwrapper are just slightly rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. Dustwrapper bright. ***187mm x 118mm. 472 pages including a detailed Glossary, Index of Plates, Index of Artists, Index of Places and an Addenda at the back of the book. ***'The Buildings of England series was begun in the 1940s by the art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, with its 46 original volumes published between 1951 ...
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