The English
by Frost, David and Jay, Antony
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Stein and Day, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. TStein and Day, 1968. Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. "The English" explains humorously modern (1968) English attitudes toward Sin, Politics, Money, Love, Food, Class, Authority, Women, the Midday Sun--toward everything that makes an Englishman a 'mad dog' still. White quarter cloth gilt lettered over red boards, very bright, clean and unmarked; spine head slightly brownish on very end, spine tail has quarter inch brown rim and is compressed. No wear to corners. Tight, solid and square. Rough cut. Interior very clean, no marks or tears, pages moderately toned. Blue dust jacket , unclipped, with the red English lion and flag, is worn, rubbed but clean, with edgewear, chipping at spine head/tail and some corners. Mylar protective cover. 255 pages.5.8 x 8.6 inches. Stein and Day, NY 1968.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014062
- Title
- The English
- Author
- Frost, David and Jay, Antony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLISH SOCIETY-20TH CENTURY; ENGLISH CULTURE-20TH CENTURY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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- Gilt
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