Children of the Great Country Houses Tapa dura - 1982

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983-09-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 9.3000 6.2000. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. Edge shows foxing. Pages are clean and intact.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1982. First Printing. DJ flap price L9.95., 1983 Brown paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. 220 pages. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with numerous black/white images. History of the lives of children in the Victorian era great English country houses. Winston Churchill's upbringing is prominently covered. Slight wear to the book most noticeable as shelfwear. DJ with light wear. VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD+ Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1982-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. 2.5381 cent in x 23.6041 cent in x 15.7360 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket plus owners stamp(s) / signature - will send out 1st class post

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983-09. Hardcover. Good.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. 1st Ed. Slight crease on back of jacket, otherwise new. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. New/Like New.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0283988266 . Index, bibliography, illustrations. ; 220 pages .

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1982. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 220 pages. 33 illustrations. 'I shall not be sorry when you come to keep the boys in order, for they have neither the respect of children, nor the good breeding of gentlemen, particularly Johnny, who talks of bad French novels and altogether wants repressing.' Thus Lady Stanley of Alderley wrote to her husband in 1852, highlighting some of the attitudes of the period. The lives of the children who lived in Britain's great country houses during the 19th century were a mixed scenario, including dysfunctional and remote families as well as close and loving ones. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and photo albums, Adeline Hartcup tells of nannies, tutors, and governesses, treats and punishments, and of ideas about God, death, and sex. She provides close-up portraits of five of the great families - Howards, Cecils, Russells, Lyttletons, and Gladstones - but also looks beyond… Leer más

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1982 Inside the nurseries of the families, Howard, Cecil, Russell, Lyttleton and Gladstone, and the interwoven relationship with their nurses, governesses and tutors together with the underprivileged world outside the park gates. 220 pages well illustrated.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983-09-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Used:Good.