Marjorie and C.H.B. Quennell - A History of Everydag Things in England - 2 volumes - London, B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1930/31 - Hardcover :Identical linen bindings with decoratively printed front cover and printed title on the spine - 15.50x23cm.

Lot contains:
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1931 - A History of Everyday Things in England, Done in Two Parts of Which This Is the First - 1066-1499 - Sixth impression, revised and enlarged - First edition anno 1918 - frontispiece + XIV + 234 + 6 pp. (pub.) + 19 full-page hors texte illustrations - Very good copy: some UV discoloration to the spine and to a lesser extent to the boards; the edges are discolored; the text block, however, is almost clean. A bookstore label (Ipswich) is on the front endpaper; the rear endpaper has foxing spots.
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1930 - A History of Everyday Things in England, Done in two parts of which this is the second - 1500-1799 - Second edition, fourth impression, revised and enlarged - First printing anno 1919 - frontispiece+XII+244+32p.(pub.)+15 full-page hors texte illustrations - Very good copy: some UV discolouration to the spine and minimally to the boards, the top edges are discoloured, the text block, however, is almost clean, bookstore label (Ipswich) on the front endpaper, the endpapers with some foxing spots.

• Marjorie (Courtney) Quennell (1884–1972) was a British historian, illustrator and museum curator. Her husband, Charles Henry Bourne Quennell (1872–1935), was an architect. (Source: Wikipedia)

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