The Penn Country of Buckinghamshire.
The Penn Country of Buckinghamshire.
- [London] Pub. for the "Penn country" branch of the Council for the preservation of rural England, by Evans brothers limited [1933]
- 1 p. l., 127, [1] p. front. (port.) illus. (incl. maps) 29 cm.
Annotations: Front end papers: [printed plate with the crest of Slough Grammar school] text reads: Prize awarded to: [handwritten, black ink] J.G. Magrath for Matriculation, School year 1937-8 [pencil] RT 05 1805 1st 1932 S.387 GKC.21 PEN @os [circled] [1932] $26.00 1st ed (Intro by Chesterton) a plea for the Rural Preservation of England, particularly Penn Country. [Black ink] My dear Suzie, I hope you will excuse the label but this book is a very special favorite of mine given to me as a prize at school. I hope you will like it as much as I do and that it might help to attract you this old country of mine some day. This is the part of England where America really started and where I spent many happy summer days as a child so, you see, it is of special interest to you and I. Your affectionate Johnny. Title page: [pencil] £28 1st ed Chesterton intro (1932) Sullivan #387 [also 50 de lux copies]
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Buckinghamshire (England)--Description and travel.
DA670.B9 / C75
Annotations: Front end papers: [printed plate with the crest of Slough Grammar school] text reads: Prize awarded to: [handwritten, black ink] J.G. Magrath for Matriculation, School year 1937-8 [pencil] RT 05 1805 1st 1932 S.387 GKC.21 PEN @os [circled] [1932] $26.00 1st ed (Intro by Chesterton) a plea for the Rural Preservation of England, particularly Penn Country. [Black ink] My dear Suzie, I hope you will excuse the label but this book is a very special favorite of mine given to me as a prize at school. I hope you will like it as much as I do and that it might help to attract you this old country of mine some day. This is the part of England where America really started and where I spent many happy summer days as a child so, you see, it is of special interest to you and I. Your affectionate Johnny. Title page: [pencil] £28 1st ed Chesterton intro (1932) Sullivan #387 [also 50 de lux copies]
34009889
Buckinghamshire (England)--Description and travel.
DA670.B9 / C75