16620 Austenesque Mysteries browning & foxing of end

browning & foxing of end pages

In Association with the Charles Dickens Museum

Changes in family

plus one chapter on New York as the social center

Critical appendices include "Men as 'gatekeepers'" "Women in the book trade" etc

16620 Austenesque Mysteries browning & foxing of endGorgeous illustrations and jacket grace this social history of the growth and development of the seaside holiday, invented by the English in the 17th and 18th centuries. Brighton, Weymouth, Lyme, and other locations are explored, from medicinal spas and sea bathing to royal patrons and commercialization. Contemporary sources for quotes and for the illustrations. Jacket in mylar. William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. 1951. USED. $25. 00