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Collins, January 1947. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

London: Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 23 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 48pp. Green illustrated boards in dust jacket. Illustrated with 8 color plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Chipping to jacket spine and edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

London:: Collins,, 1947.. First edition.. publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket.. Endsheets tanned; slight use at the bottom edge of the boards; a bright copy in a jacket with some tanning and tiny areas of rubbing. . 8vo,. With eight plates in colour and 17 illustrations in black and white.. Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures.

London: Collins, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (9 x 6 1/2"). 47, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over matching illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to front cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page. ""The English People" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's General Editor, for the series 'Britain in Pictures.' The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information. It was published with twenty-five illustrations, eight of which were full-page color plates, and included work by artists Edward Ardizzone, Dame Laura Knight, L. S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Minton, and Feliks Topolski amongst others. Written during World War II, it presents Orwell's vision of what it meant to be "English." Orwell did not think highly of his own work. He described it as "silly" and "propaganda", and refused to allow it to be reprinted." Dust-jacket… Read More

London: Collins, 1957. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket.

THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, Collins, 1947, first edition, some light wear and rubbing to the bottom edges, fore edge corner tips and head of the spine, else near fine in vg+ pictorial dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white.

London: Collins, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing (being a bit askew and showing some edgewear along with a wound and some glossy spots to the front board) in the Publisher's original green cloth with white lettering and decoration, in an about Fine example of the original green dust jacket also lettered and decorated in white and showing only minor lettering -- less than we typically see.. The volume is mildly askew and shows some rubbing to the spine ends, board bottoms and board corners. Within, there are six (6) colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations to accompany them. The front and rear free endpapers show some offsetting and the pastedowns show some creasing (a presumed production flaw). The text to the front flap is itself and interesting read, stating in part: "Those who read this book may find much to make them angry -- much with which they disagree. They will also find matter for pride.… Read More

London: Collins, 1957. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Collins. DJ in archival cover light wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

London: Collins, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. 47 (1) pp. The author is known as a distinguished political journalist, and he is also distinguished for his honest opinion. In this book, many will agree with his opinion and there will be those who disagree. This is a book of a particular political bias and should provoke those of contrary opinion to examine their own beliefs without sentimentality or hypocrisy. A near fine copy bound in green pictorial paper covered boards lettered and decorated in white, some off-setting to endpapers from binder's glue, in minor light wear to spine ends and corners, in a very nice dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners.

London: Collins, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition./fine. Bound in publisher's original green paper covered boards printed in white. From the Britain in Pictures series. 8 plates in colour and 17 illustrations in black & white. Some offsetting to front and rear free end papers as usual otherwish fine.

London: Collins, 1947. First edition. With 8 Colour Plates and 17 black and white Illustrations. 8vo, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, and with the colour dustjacket. 47 pp. A fine copy, the jacket with only very minor rubbing at the edges or folds. FIRST EDITION. FROM THE BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES. A FINE COPY AND QUITE A PLEASING BOOK. Colourplates and black and white illustrations and text on the English people as seen through the eyes and political ideology of George Orwell, the author of ANIMAL FARM and 1984, those brilliant satirical works on society, revolution and the crushing of freedoms. It is a book which provokes and causes one to examine one's own thinking and beliefs.

London: Collins. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Small closed tears on top front panel and spine crown. Scratch on front panel. Shelfwear on spine edges and panel corners. .