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BOAS, FREDERICK S[amuel]: : THE YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES: VOLUME XXIII. 1942

LONDON.HUMPHREY MILFORD.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,1944.

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UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Wartime conditions per se,and paper-rationing meant publication of the volumes being published biennially.The Year's Work in English Studies (1928) of which he was co-editor,published annually 1930–1950 - war years excepted - returning annually with the 1947 edn/issue after paper-rationing ending that year.The XIX (19th) Volume,1938 was one of the first volumes in paper-covered card boards in 1940,as the rationing kicked in.Therefore,wartime issues are quite uncommon,given the period of their production,with the paper-rationing,their ephemeral nature and their survival rate from air-raids of domestic and commercial properties, i.e printers and publisher's.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,and no printed price.Bright,crisp, reasonably clean and almost blemish free, publisher's original khaki paper-covered card boards with black lettering within a single line decorative border-edging,similarly colour lettered spine/backstrip,rear board plain and undecorated, without any lettering and clean, plain white endpapers without any off-setting or hinge cracking.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - corner tips gently and minimally curled - no nicks tears or splits present.Top edges very lightly aged/toned and without foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter and crisper; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK, slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6- 246pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/table,XV (15) sections/essays concerning early English dram and dramatists,Old & middle English,The Renaissance (by F.S. Boas), Elizabethan Drama,The Restoration,18th & 19thC and after and Bibliographica,indices: I+II, authors+Titles,and Selected subjects respectively; plus [unpaginated] title page,a preface by F.S. B with an abbreviations list/ table to its verso,recto of contents list/table, and to the rear,as last 2pp,Bookseller advert (Francis Edwards,Ltd.,London) and to its verso, a Cambridge University Press advert for already published titles. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book's age and period,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. The English Association was founded in 1906 by a small group of English teachers and scholars, including F.S. Boas, A.C. Bradley and Sir Israel Gollancz.It took a leading part in the movement to develop English studies in schools,while encouraging advanced studies in further education.Past Presidents of the Association have included John Galsworthy, Harley Granville-Barker, Sir Kenneth Clark and George Steiner amongst others. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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