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Victorian Horsham: The Diary of Henry Michell 1809-1874: Diary of Henry Michell, 1809-74
by Kenneth Neale
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0850332281
- ISBN 13
- 9780850332285
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Phillimore & Co Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1975. Hard Cover. 8vo 0850332281 Dust jacket complete. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Neat name on half title. Frontis portrait plate. .109 pages clean and tight, Henry Michell's diary offers new insights into 19th-century Horsham. His attitudes and aspirations show the Victorian middle-class environment in which he lived. His interests ranged over the major issues of as well as upon subject matter of more immediate relevance to Sussex. The book will thus be of interest to historians and to a reading public that enjoys social history and biographical literature. The scope of the diary and Michell's life embraces the Corn Law controversy, the railway 'mania', the American Civil War, Parliamentary reform, and the Great Exhibition of 1851. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143465
- Title
- Victorian Horsham: The Diary of Henry Michell 1809-1874: Diary of Henry Michell, 1809-74
- Author
- Kenneth Neale
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0850332281
- ISBN 13
- 9780850332285
- Publisher
- Phillimore & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1975
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
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ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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