BESIDE THE SEASIDE: A Social History of the Popular Seaside Holiday
by Walvin, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713907444
- ISBN 13
- 9780713907445
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Allen Lane, 1978. 176pp., unpaginated, 16 page, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly cocked. Bright gilt title on lightly bumped backstrip. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket staple damaged on each panel and flap, with additional writing on rear flap. This book relates an English tradition: the annual summer pilgrimage to the seaside, be it for a day or longer . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 9 chapters, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 400g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005865
- Title
- BESIDE THE SEASIDE: A Social History of the Popular Seaside Holiday
- Author
- Walvin, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0713907444
- ISBN 13
- 9780713907445
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- SOCIAL HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN, RECREATION AND LEISURE, WALVIN, JAMES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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- Biblio
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