The People's books Lot 12

Lot 12 ( 10 good / 2 Poor) with additional  2 Very Poor but interesting

dating by hand on a few ranging from 1912 to 14 with newspaper notes 40s.

T.C. & E.C. Jack (London & Edinburgh, UK), Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. (London, UK) and Dodge Publishing Co. (New York, US)

Series dates: 1912-1925

Size: 4.25″ x 6.5″

Good to poor

"The People’s Books were distinguished by their succinct format, written by experts, at a very low price.  This is not a reprint series, but instead a series of new titles commissioned by the publishers. The brevity + quality + low-cost gained many glowing reviews when the series was released. "

front end papers some foxing except where noted

plates were noted  A. Harold Wallace ( Musician) ( who in Kante book notes himself as reincarnation of Kant)

The Hope and Mission of The Free Churches  - Rev. Ed Shillito - pencil date front endpapers Sept 30 /13 plus number code; pub 10/12

Henri Bergson The Philosophy of Change - H. Wildon Carr, minor foxing back endpapers 15 ; pub ( not date)

The Foundations of Religion Stanley A Cook - Poor- underlining - fair bit ; pub 1/14

A History of English Literature - A. Compton-Rickett - name plate, name inscription Jan. 25 / 18, ad sticker back endpapers ; pub (no date or index - early)

Anglo Catholicism - A.E. Manning Foster - name plate, pencil note back endpapers, pencil note with date July 1925 ; pub 3/14

The Brontes - Flora Masson - Poor -  newspaper clippings hand dated 1941 and 1945 glued on endpapers, gutter split - 4 line note in pencil on back  endpapers with date 1933, 2 n.ames and dates 1934 and 1941 p 90 ; pub 4/12

Embryology The Beginnings of  Life - Gerald Leighton MD - name plate label, tear to gutter spine bottom 1.5"  ( pages still tight), 5 pencil wors back endpapers, ; pub 4/14

Experimental Psychology of Beauty - C.W, Valentine ; pub 8/13

Radiation - P.Philips - no foxing - pencil dated endpaper 30/4/13 ; pub 4/12

Huxley His Life and Works - Gerald Leighton MD - name plate, inscription name, dated Dec. 17/19 ; pub 4/12

Syndicalism - J.H. Harley - no foxing, pencil x last page, ; pub 8/12

Mediaeval Socialism Bede Jarrett - few words underlined red p. 1 ; pub 3/13

The dates in the People’s Books series are indicated near the printer’s imprint at the end of the book and noted where found at the end of the description for each book.

Plus for the interest factor - poor, just thrown in 

Friedrich Nietzsche by Macimillian  Mugge - heavily marked up, face plate. pub 7/13

The Philosophy of Kant - , 2 name plates, newspaper clipping, and picture of Kant colored in with following words "  A.H. Wallace before re-incarnation. pub 10/14