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A beautiful, thorough survey with color and black and white illustrations and plates. Seven books from the Britain in Pictures series (edited by W. J. Turner) combined here in one volume, with an introduction by Kate O'Brien. The English Bible by Sir Herbert Grierson, The English Poets by Lord David Cecil, British Dramatists by Graham Greene, British Historians by E. L. Woodward, English Diaries and Journalists by Kate O'Brien, English Novelists by Elizabeth Bowen (who lets us know is an Austen admirer), and British Philosophers by Kenneth Matthews. There are short literary biographies of much literature Austen would have known and perhaps read. In dark orange cloth with worn, very pretty dj. Collins, London. Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00 Show more