THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE & HIS REGENCY (GEORVE IV)
by J.B. Priestley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0434603570
- ISBN 13
- 9780434603572
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a first edition of The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811-20, a biography of Britain's Prince of Wales/Prince Regent/King George IV (1762-1830). It was written by the English novelist and playwright J.B. Priestly and published in 1969.
Priestly does a terrific job of capturing the atmosphere of the Regency, one of the most romantic in British history, as society saw extremes of elegance and refinement, war and brutality, creativity and invention.
All of this revolved around George, or 'Prinny', from the time he became Regent for his incapacitated father in 1811, to when he became King George IV in 1820. Although many viewed him as a Big Fat Baby, or out-of-control party animal, he accomplished a great deal and was a major patron of the arts and architecture.
Also portrayed in this book are the personalities of the giants of the age - Byron, Shelley, Sheridan, Wordsworth, Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott; Davy Faraday and Macadam; Turner, Constable and Cotman etc.
This book is 8" x 10" and 304 pages, including loads of photos.
It is missing its dust jacket and there is a tiny nick to the edge of the back cover.
It is otherwise in pristine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1180
- Title
- THE PRINCE OF PLEASURE & HIS REGENCY (GEORVE IV)
- Author
- J.B. Priestley
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0434603570
- ISBN 13
- 9780434603572
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 304
- Size
- 8" x 10"
- Keywords
- Byron, Shelley, Sheridan, Wordsworth, Prinny, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Davy Faraday, Macadam,Turner, Constable, Cotman
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British History; World History; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories;
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- First Edition
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