Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
by George Paston
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., 1905 . First edition. Cloth. Fair. 15.5" by 12". Various. An insightful exploration into the social climate of Britain during the 1700s, richly illustrated throughout. Containing chapters on the Beau Monde, dramatic and musical, literary and artistic, sport and games, royalty and popular delusions and imposters.Written by Emily Morse Symonds under the pseudonym George Paston, a British literary critic and writer.From Stoke Newington Public Library; with their bookplate to the front pastedown and inscriptions as to be expected.The first edition of this work.Illustrated with two hundred and thirteen illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally worn, with loss to the joints and bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. A burn to the front board. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound: the plates opposing page 88 as well as page 88 itself are loose but present. Pages are uncut and bright and clean. Fair
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 789R10
- Title
- Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- George Paston
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 15.5" by 12"
- Keywords
- Social Caricature George Paston Emily Morse Symonds British History George Paston
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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