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A Victorian Household: Based On The Diaries Of Marion Sambourne (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHIRLEY NICHOLSON)
by Nicholson, Shirley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0712620559
- ISBN 13
- 9780712620550
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1988. VG/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHIRLEY NICHOLSON, without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'Shirley Nicholson/28 October 1988'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Marion Sambourne, (1851-1914), married the 'Punch' cartoonist, Linley Sambourne, in 1874. For thirty-three consecutive years she kept a diary recording what she did, where she shopped, who came to call,, what her family ate, and who they entertained, and much more. Her parents country house was Westwood Lodge, Ramsgate, Kent and they spent much time at Townley Castle, Ramsgate. Their London house in Kensington is now open as a museum. With Family Tree and Index. Light age tanning to edges of pages; d/w has light sunning to spine; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHIRLEY NICHOLSON. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author, Shirley Nicholson. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17691
- Title
- A Victorian Household: Based On The Diaries Of Marion Sambourne (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHIRLEY NICHOLSON)
- Author
- Nicholson, Shirley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0712620559
- ISBN 13
- 9780712620550
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. History. Victorian History. Social History. Household Management. Marion Sambourne Linley Sambourne. Diaries. Punch Magazine. Ramsgate, Kent. London. Biography.
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- VG/VG
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