Search Results: The English Inn by Thomas Burke

Longmans, Green, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd, 1930. Reprint. Very Good +. Part of the English Heritage Series, this volume describes the history of the English Inn from early times. As the author records, ""To write of the English Inn is almost to write of England itself, so closely is the inn woven with the daily life of men of every degree, and with the gradual development of our land. It is as familiar in the national consciousness as the oak and the ash and the village green, and the church spire. It began when we began, for the nationhood of a country begins with its roads; and although the birth of the English inn cannot be documented, we may say with certainty that when the first fifty miles of road was cut through England the first English inn was born."" A delightful history of the English Inn with chapters including In the Yard; The OIdest Inhabitant; A Fireside Tour; Tales of Wayside Inns; There was a Tavern in the Town; Present and Future; with maps of London and the Thames Valley, South Western… Read More

Longmans, Green & Company. Very Good. 1931. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover.

Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. Reissued. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate tear to frontispiece. Top textblock edge dyed green. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Longmans Green and Company. Green cloth with gilt titles. Sunned along the spine and a little on the front and back. Bumped at the spine tips and slightly rubbed at the corners. Strong binding. No markings. 4 maps and 25 plates. . G+. Hardcover. 1931.

Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. Reprint. 189 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Contains ex-libris plate. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy foxing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. Illustrated Edition. xii,186p. 25 plates, maps. 8x5.5'', cloth, dj. Dj rough, cloth bit faded, soiled, else VG.

Longmans, Green, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. Illustrated edition. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1931 Copy in blue cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. previous owners inscription on front paste down and FFE. Clean text and b/w plates.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1947 Good+ copy in green cloth on boards with gilt titles on spine. Spine a little grubby, otherwise outers are sound. Illustrated endpapers are free of inscriptions with clean text and b/w plates.

Herbert Jenkins, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1947 EDITION with scarce dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. First edition. Reading copy. Book has foxing throughout and on fine edges, writing inside front cover, and the cover is worn around the spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Longmans. xii 186pp hardback, blue -green cloth gilt, bw plates , maps, scattered spotting . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1931.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1931. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 186 pages, blue-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 24 b&w photographs by Will F. Taylor and a pencil sketch by Edmond C. Warre. First time published with these plates. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, bright copy. Record # 406830

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1931 Book. Illus. by Will F Taylor (photographs), Edmond C Warre (drawing). Good. Green Cloth Boards. Illustrated Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Affectionate tour of English inns and taverns. 186pp with index, illustrated with 24 black and white photographs, 4 maps and tissue guarded pencil sketch to frontis. Introduction by A P Herbert. Gilt border and lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, tissue guard creased and half detached and former owner's name to pastedown, otherwise good copy..

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1947 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stories and legends of old English inns, first published in 1930. This edition reissued in the uniform Country Series. 189pp illustrated with 8 black and white photographs. Endpapers illustrated in black and white. Gilt design to top board and lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, light foxing to edges and former owner's stamp to endpaper, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has edgewear and surface marking, otherwise fair/good..

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Paperback / softback. New.

London: Herbert Jenkins. Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. Re-issue and Revised. Cloth. 189pp; 8 b/w photographic illusts. Green cloth slightly rubbed at base, illust endpapers, foxing to foredges, inscription in pen and texta to title page. Pictorial d/w chipped, price clipped. The Country Books.; 190 x 125mm .

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. xii, 186pp, index, 4 maps, bw drawing, 24 bw photos. Or cloth in jacket. Some toning/foxing. Jacket worn at folds with piece missing from bottom of spine and several short tears. A gossippy book about old English inns with stories of highwaymen, smugglers, gargantuan feasts, dishonest landlords and more.. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.