Author: Richard Buckle [editor]
Title: U and Non-U Revisited
Description: London, Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1978. Cloth. A smart copy of this exploration of the different vocabularies of the classes in Britain. Second printing. Illustrated throughout. A discussion of the different vocabularies of the classes in Britain, particularly the "U" which stands for upper class and "non-U" which represents the aspiring middle classes. With commentary on the idea that the middle classes prefer "fancy" or fashionable words in attempts to make themselves sound more refined, while the upper classes in many cases stick to the same traditional words that the working classes also use. Edited by Richard Sandford Buckle, a lifelong English devotee of ballet, and a well-known ballet critic who founded the magazine Ballet in 1939. Illustrated by Timothy Jacques, a British artist and illustrator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with minor sunning to the spine only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Timothy Jacques. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: U Non-U Classes Vocabulary Non-U Jacques Timothy Jacques


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