About Britain, complete in 13 volumes

Geoffrey Grogson's series, published for the Festival of Britain in 1951

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Printing Details

This is a complete set of Geoffrey Grigson's About Britain series published by Collins in 1951 for The Festival of Britain. All books are gardback in dustwrapper, each measuring 22 × 14.5cm, and are all 92pp (or 94 if the pastedowns are counted as they have printed material on). Each has a wonderful colour title page, followed by a physical description of the area, noting geology, architecture, notable walks etc and are illustrated with photographs.

The books are:

West Country by Geoffrey Grigson,

Wessex by Geoffrey Grigson,

Home Counties by R. S. R. Fitter,

East Anglia by R. H. Mottram,

Chilterns to Black Country by W. G. Hoskins,

South Wales and the Marches by W. J. Gruffydd,

North Wales and the Marches by W. J Gruffydd,

East Midlands and the Peak by W. G. Hoskins,

Lancashire and Yorkshire by Leo Walmsley,

The Lakes to Tyneside by Sid Chaplin,

The Lowlands of Scotland by John R. Allan,

Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Alastair M. Dunnett,

Northern Ireland by E. Estyn Evans.

Condition

All 13 books are in good readable condition, some with light foxing throughout, others cleaner. The dustwrappers are fair, they are crinkled to the edges, and with some wear to the spines (East Anglia being the worst with creasing to the spine).

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