Ernest Benn's Sixpenny Library, a large quantity (76 volumes)
covering all manner of subjects: biography, science, literature, history
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Printing Details
Here are seventy-six volumes from Ernest Benn's Sixpenny Library, which was a series of slim reference books on history, biography, literature, science etc written by notable people in that field. They each measure 16.5 × 10.5cm and were usually 80 pages. This collection are mixed editions (firsts and early printings), and in varying degrees of condition but the majority in good order. Faults mentioned below, otherwise they are in good readable condition.
No 1: D C Somervell, A History of England (1927, reprint)
No 2: Edwyn Bevan, The World of Greece and Rome (1931, reprint)
No 3: E Denison Ross, Eastern Art & Literature (1928, 1st)
No 4: Gordon Home, Roman Britain (1927, reprint)
No 8: R B Mowat, A History of Europe 476–1925 (1928, 1st)
No 9: E F Jacob, The Holy Roman Empire (1928, 1st)
No 10: D C Somervell, A History of Western Europe 1815–1926 (1928, 1st)
No 11: W H Dawson, A History of Germany (1928, 1st)
No 12: Prince D S Mirsky, A History of Russia (1932, reprint)
No 13: G M Trevelyan, A History of Italy (1928, reprint)
No 14: Robert McElroy, A History of the United States of America (1928, 1st)
No 15: W E Soothill, A History of China (1936, reprint)
No 16: A L Maycock, The Papacy (1932, reprint)
No 18: Edward Thompson, A History of India (1928, 1st)
No 19: E Denison Ross, Islam (1928, reprint)
No 20: David Ogg, The Reformation (1927, 1st—some damage to spine)
No 24: C E M Joad, Great Philosophers of the World (1929, reprint)
No 26: F J C Hearnshaw, British Prime Ministers of the 18th Century (1928, 1st—cover and spine detached)
No 32: Allardyce Nicol, The English Stage (1928, 1st)
No 35: Ernest Weekley, The English Language (1933, reprint)—two copies
No 38: M Cary, A History of Western Europe AD 1–455 (1928, 1st)
No 40: H J Massingham, Pre-Roman Britain (1927, 1st)
No 43: Cesare Foligno, Dante (1929, 1st)
No 44: J Ingram Bryan, A History of Japan (1928, 1st)
No 46: G G Coulton, The Black Death (1929, 1st)
No 48: A Elizabeth Levett, English Economic History (1928, 1st)
No 50: R B Mowat, Europe in the Age of Napoleon (1928, reprint)
No 51: C H Herford, English Literature (1928, reprint, covers very worn)
No 52: Maurice Baring, French Literature (1932, reprint)
No 53: Edmund G Gardner, Italian Literature (1930, reprint)
No 54: G B Harrison, Shakespeare (1930, reprint—covers grubby)
No 55: Gilbert Waterhouse, German Literature (1928, 1st)
No 56: Janko Lavrin, Russian Literature (1928, reprint)
No 60: Gordon Home, A History of London (1929, 1st)
No 61: C G Robertson, A History of Western Europe 1453–1789 (1929, 1st)
No 63: V E Pullin, X-Rays and Radium (1929, 1st)
No 67: Christian Barman, Architecture (1928, 1st—spine damaged)
No 69: Percy C Buck, A History of Music (1929, 1st)
No 71: G G Coulton, The Inquisition (1929, 1st—covers rough)
No 72: Sidney Low, The Indian States and Ruling Princes (1929, 1st
No 73: James O'Connor, A History of Ireland (1929, 1st)
No 74: Claude Jenkins, Mediaeval European History AD 455–1453 (1929, 1st)
No 77: R S Rait, A History of Scotland (1929, 1st)
No 78: Sisley Huddleston, A History of France (1929, 1st)
No 81: J Holland Rose, Napoleon (1929, 1st)
No 86: Douglas Woodruff, The British Empire (1929, 1st)
No 87: J B Priestley, The English Novel (1933, reprint)
No 89: W Alison Phillips, The French Revolution (1929, 1st)
No 99: Richard Capell, Opera (1930, 1st)
No 102: Arthur Holmes, The Age of Earth ((1927, reprint)
No 103: E N da C Andrade, The Atom (1927, reprint)
No 105: James Rice, Relativity (1927, reprint)
No 106: George Forbes, The Earth, The Sun, and the Moon (1927, 1st)
No 109: E W MacBride, Evolution (1927, 1st)
No 110: F A E Crew, Heredity (1928, 1st)
No 114: R R Marett, Man in the Making (1927, 1st)
No 116: G B Harrison, Elizabethan England (1930, 1st)
No 117: William J Dalkin, An Introduction to Biology (1928, 1st)
No 118: Sydney Mangham, An Introduction to Botany (1928, 1st)
No 119: J E Lloyd, A History of Wales (1930, 1st)
No 128: R J Campbell, The Life of Christ (1930, reprint)
No 140: V E Pullin, Sir Isaac Newton (1927, 1st)
No 141: Ronald Campbell Macfie, The Body (1927, 1st)
No 143: W A Caspari, The Structure and Properties of Matter (1928, 1st)
No 146: E F Jacob, The Renaissance (1930, 1st)
No 147: F J C Hearnshaw, British Prime Ministers of the 19th Century (1930, 1st)
No 151: C C Martindale, The Religions of the World (1928, reprint)
No 161: F J C Hearnshaw, The Development of Political Ideas (1927, 1st)
No 162: J A K Thomson, Plato & Aristotle (1930, reprint)
No 167: W R Inge, Protestantism (1928, reprint)
No 177: Ernest J P Benn, Trade (1927, 1st)
No 179: Hartley Withers, Money (1927, 1st)
No 227: Greville Cooke, The Theory of Music (1928, 1st, poor—covers detached and spine damaged)
No 231: H F Rubinstein, The English Drama (1928, reprint)
No 251: Sir George Aston, Nelson (1928, reprint)
No 252: Hilaire Belloc, Oliver Cromwell (1928, reprint)
Condition
A good collection of Benn's Sixpenny Library titles, as mentioned above some with damage to the spines and covers, but the vast majority in good order. A few have a previous owner's name written in. There is some fading, tanning to the page edges, corner curling etc as would expected with small paperbacks of this age but nevertheless remaining a large and interesting selection.
If you would like any further information or have any queries, please feel free to email at walterbudge@btinternet.com or geoff@coxandbudge.co.uk
Price
£60.00
