The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811-20
by Priestley, J.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0434603570
- ISBN 13
- 9780434603572
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Heinemann [0-434-60357-0] 1969, 1st printing. (4to) 304pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top edge stained red, black and white and color photographs and illustrations, index. The dust jacket is lightly creased and worn at the bottom of the spine. "J. B. Priestly has always been interested in the Regency period, and at one time he contemplated writing a long novel about it. Now he brilliantly demonstrates why he finds this period one with 'a character, a tone, a tang all its own', an era marked by extravagance of behaviour and personality". Book about Extravagance, Regency England & Romantic Movement. Time Period Regency England. Locale: England. (History--England, Aristocracy, Royalty).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152091
- Title
- The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811-20
- Author
- Priestley, J.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0434603570
- ISBN 13
- 9780434603572
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1969
- Keywords
- History--England, Aristocracy, Royalty
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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