An Edwardian observer: The photographs of Leslie Hamilton Wilson (A Pennwick / Crown book)
by Wilson, Leslie Hamilton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG/ACC
- ISBN 10
- 0517533766
- ISBN 13
- 9780517533765
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HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* thus.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Pennwick Books.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Some marks to boards. VG* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper, black titles to spine & face. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear & damp marks particularly to front. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (red marbled papers). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, a very few marks to text, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos to most pages within text throughout.* Pages: 149 pp. text. iv pp., photo credits & blank pages at rear.* Description: A visual diary of upper-class life 100 years ago - the first aeroplane flights, the Titanic in dry dock, and lots of lovely motor-cars. Wilson was a member of that class and moved easily amongst it, giving him an unparalleled opportunity to record the social scene and divertissements of a lifestyle which disappeared for ever at the start of the First World War. Illustrated with the mono photographs of Leslie Hamilton Wilson.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus with some minor faults in an ?acceptible only? dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1037
- Title
- An Edwardian observer: The photographs of Leslie Hamilton Wilson (A Pennwick / Crown book)
- Author
- Wilson, Leslie Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG/ACC
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus,
- ISBN 10
- 0517533766
- ISBN 13
- 9780517533765
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers [distributor]
- Place of Publication
- USA 149
- Date Published
- 1978-01-01
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