A Short History of the English People, John Richard Green, Alice Stopford Green, 1921

A Short History of the English People. By John Richard Green. Revised and enlarged by Alice Stopford Green. With Maps and Tables.

Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1921. The first edition was first printed 1874 and enjoyed many reprints and revisions. The first version of this revised and enlarged edition, with an Epilogue was first published in 1916. This is the 4th reprint.

A very good hardback in a prize binding from 'Hull Grammar School', with prize label dated to 1924 to front pastedown.  With navy blue leather spine and corners, and blue linen over boards. Gilt armorial to front cover with tooled gilt spine with raised bands. Some mild wear. Spine is sunned. Marbled endpapers and gilt top edge to text block. Soundly bound. 

Mild offset spotting to marbled endpapers, and with text bright and clean throughout. Maps also bright and clean. Occasional vertical marginal edge trimming, not affecting text (probably a small production flaw), but as issued. A well respected and comprehensive work, attractively presented. 

Text in English.

lv + 1040pp + Maps (frontispiece + 5 maps, with 5 of the images in colour). All maps present as called for.

Dimensions: approx 196mm high x 138mm wide x 45mm deep.

Weight: approximately 978g (unpacked).