Warner, Marina

The Crack in the Teacup Britain in the 20th Century

Hardcover, London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author in black in on full title page, reads: "For Rolland Comstock, With best Wishes, (Signature of Marina Warner) / 1989". "If you has fallen asleep as Queen Victoria's procession wound round London in January, 1907, and only now, some eighty years later, shook yourself awake, you would not think you were in the same city, the same country, the same world." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock pasted on inside front cover. Head and tail of spine and corners are lightly bumped at four outer corners, 1/4" in front cover at head edge. Dust jacket is taped along inside head edge of spine, where there is a 1" tear. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; The Mirror of Britain; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages; Signed by Inscribed by Author(s). [Item #2488]

Price: $20.00