The Oxford Book of Christian Verse, Lord David Cecil, 1940

The Oxford Book of Christian Verse, Chosen and Edited by Lord David Cecil.

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1940. Third impression from December 1940 - first pressing was in May of the same year. Uncommon with dustjacket for a 1940 edition.

A very good blue cloth hardback with gilt to covers. With a fair to good dustjacket, with some foxing, discoloration to spine, and general wear. Some offsetting to endpapers.

Text is beautifully bright and clean throughout. Printed on Bible style thin paper, resulting in a high page count for a slim volume. Previous owner's inscription to first free endpaper. Some dust toning to top edge of text block.

Text in English.

xxxiii + 560pp.

Dimensions: Approximately 193mm high x 130mm wide x 15mm deep.

Weight: Approximately 272g (unpacked).