Goff, Moira and John Goldfinch

Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain

London, The British Library, 2013. Hardcover. brown cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 168 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy, pictorial dustjacket. content as follows: For over a hundred years (1714 - 1830) a King George sat on the British throne. It was a time of transformation, as cities grew, industry thrived and trade expanded round the world. New prosperity was celebrated in great country houses and beautifully landscaped gardens, while taste and elegance drove social etiquette and fostered a new consumer boom. Travel became easier, from Grand Tours for the rich to journeys by stagecoach or private carriage for others, encouraging the spread of fashions and ideas. An explosion in print culture also brought new horizons, as an increasingly literate society devoured newspapers, satirical pamphlets, magazines and the newly emerging novel form. Yet what do we really know about the people of this Augustan age, whose beliefs and preoccupations have so influenced our own? 'Georgians Revealed' explores the realities of their daily lives through a fascinating variety of objects, from playbills to porcelain, architects' plans to fashion plates. VG. light foxing to pg edges; back cover flyleaf. dustjacket has scratches & edge-wear.

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Book number: 177480

Catalogue: British Country Life

Keywords: ; Georgian England, Georgian Era Customs and Life, English Life ; ;

Harris, James and Kimberly Kostival

The Artist and the Country House: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day

London, England, Sotheyby's Publications, 1995. Softcover. yellow & pictorial wrappers w/ black printing. 184 pgs w/ 144 color plates. Wonderfully illustrated and annotated plates. Good+. covers have creasing & light sunning to lower back cover edge; edge-wear. pgs clean.

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Book number: 178555

Catalogue: British Country Life

Keywords: British Country Houses; British Country Estates; ; British Country Houses, British Country Estates ; ;

Higginson, Henry A.

As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting

New York, Huntington Press, 1930. Hardcover. light red cloth w/ gilt tiling & designs; gilt spine printing. book xxviii, 240 pgs w/ bw plates. top edge red & gilt. Two slight splits to textblock; textblock and pages firm. Many unopened pages. A few pgs have sharp tears to edges from rough separations. Copy 409 of 909 printed for both America and England. A nice sturdy copy. Good+ (boards worn & faded w/ smudges, light marks & scuffs. spine sunned; ends rubbed, torn & frayed. shelf-wear/worn patch to lower textblock edge. slight split front hinge; binding material intact. pgs edge tanned) .

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Book number: 187722

Catalogue: British Country Life

Keywords: Fox Hunting, British Customs ; Fox Hunting ; ;

Noble, Thomas and Thomas Rose

The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, Illustrated

London, Paris, and New York, Fisher, Son & Co, 1836. Hardcover. brown textured boards w/ leather spine & corners. spine w/ five raised bands & gilt printing. 76 pgs w/ 32 plates. all edges gilt. Counted only 32 of 36 pages of plates; frontpiece intact. Tissue-guards intact, though tanned and ink-ghosted. Drawings by Thomas Allom. Remains a nice, sturdy copy. Good (leather rubbed & frayed. scuffs, smudges & worn areas to textured boards. corners rubbed. pastedown/gutters split, hinges firm. scattered, moderately dark foxing throughout w/ some higher concentrations.) .