FAMILY SKELETONS: Exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's printed price,which is instead, present on dw/djs' rear panel.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,monochrome various individuals portrait montage'd illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - majority of creasing is to the top edges and corners.Internally of dw/dj,a small water-stain with some discolouring to foot of spine/ backstrip spreading across approx 1.5" along rear panel's lower edge,but no higher than 1/2" at it's highest point,a slightly larger and bigger water-stain with discolouring,to head of spine/backstrip,spreading towards the edge/ gutter of the rear,inner flap and approx 2" deep at it's lowest point.Paradoxically,the board's edges beneath remain unaffected and unmarked. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver giltletters to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband,
and immaculate b/w line illustrated endpapers. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-246pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, acknowledgements,a preface,an introduction,26 chapters with profuse contemporary b/w line illus and b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,useful research web-site addresses,a bibliography and sources, credits and an index.Plus [unpaginated],b/w portrait illustrated half-title page,and a double-page b/w illustrated title page.
Most families have a 'skeleton in the closet'.You may have already discovered yours on the grapevine or through your own research,or you may simply be fascinated by the dark side of our shared past.
Here we reveal a wealth of disreputable histories from the 17th to 20th centuries - many previously unpublished - and explore how society reacted to its 'offenders' as well as the changing attitudes to those who diverged from the straight and narrow.Meet rogues, villains and victims: including John Mytton,the Regency drunkard who was severely bitten when he tried to ride a bear into his dining room.
- Sarah Jacob,the 'Welsh' fasting girl' and tourist attraction who caused a scandal when she died of starvation.
- John Morgan,the thief who masqueraded as a sack-bound corpse to penetrate a wealthy surgeon's house.
- Mary Young (alias Jenny Driver),who,dressed as a pregnant woman,used a pair of artificial hands to pick the pockets of high society ....and a whole cast of colorful characters,some rotten to the core,some mere victims of their environments.
The picture is completed by tips and sources for unearthing your own family skeleton.
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