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The Age of Paradox: A Biography of England 1841-1851
by Dodds, John W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Co, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in Mylar Protective Cover. Binding of black cloth gilt titled. Clean and unmarked, lightly sunned along very top edge, slight rubbing of edges and corners. Tight and solid sewn binding. Clean jacket is edgeworn, badly chipped at spine ends. A close look at the early Victorian Era and what this decade meant to the average Englishman who lived during that time. This is a record of everything that caught his/her attention--the Irish famine, the latest addition to the Royal nursery, the Rowland Macassar oil he used to groom his hair; from religion to the theatre to the weather--a delightful book. 509 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Rinehart & Co., New York, 1952.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018744
- Title
- The Age of Paradox: A Biography of England 1841-1851
- Author
- Dodds, John W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN; EARLY VICTORIAN ERA; IRISH FAMINE; CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION; DISCOVERIES; CHOLERA EPIDEMIC;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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