Social England Under the Regency Vol I by Ashton, John - 1975

EP Publishing Ltd (East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England), 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. 1975 U.K. hardcover with dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 original. Well-preserved UNREAD COPY is bright and clean inside and out with very minor shelf-rubbing only. Nice copy! 400 pp., with 90 illustrations throughout the book. "Seventy years after the death of George IV there appeared two volumes covering the social history of England during the period of the Regency -- a time which many people could still remember with either love or loathing. This reprint consists of Volume One of this famous work, written by a man who had complete understanding of the time. John Ashton succeeded in writing a book about the people, for the people, and illustrating it profusely himself. All the facts were obtained from original and first-hand sources and some of the most interesting events are documented. For example, in 1814 the Great Frost Fair was held on the river Thames. The author describes in… Read More

Wakefield: E. P. Publishing Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. New edition. Hardcover. 071581110X . Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. Appears little used. xii + 388 pages, 90 illustrations .

GB: EP Publishing, 1975. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW.

EP Publishing Limited, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. Previous owners inscriptions: Old pencil price , rubbed out. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket condition: Good, clipped, protected. Published: 1975. 1st Edition: No. Pages: 388. Description: Facsimile reprint of: 1st edition first published in 1890