JOHNSON'S ENGLAND : AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & MANNERS OF HIS AGE.
by TURBERVILLE, A.S. (Arthur Stanley), 1888-1945 - editor :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Oxford University Press, 1933. First edition. A distinguished, literate and well-illustrated survey of all aspects of eighteenth-century life, with authoritative essays by G. M. Trevelyan, Dorothy George, G. D. H. Cole, R. W. Chapman and others - the period; the church; the navy; army; exploration and discovery; travel and communications; London; town-life in the provinces; industry and trade; agriculture and rural life; poverty, crime and philanthropy; manners, meals and domestic pastimes; sports and games; costume; taste; painting and engraving; sculpture; architecture and the garden; interiors; drama and theatre; music; education; science; medicine; the law and lawyers; authors and booksellers; newspapers, etc. Two volumes. Medium 8vo (24cm). (xxiv),(406),[ii]; (x),404pp. Numerous plates. Original cloth gilt; a very good and bright set in the dust-jackets - price-clipped but with only minimal wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37935
- Title
- JOHNSON'S ENGLAND : AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & MANNERS OF HIS AGE.
- Author
- TURBERVILLE, A.S. (Arthur Stanley), 1888-1945 - editor :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Oxford University Press, 1933.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English History, Social History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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