Descent of Manners Tapa dura - 1993

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Chatto & Windus, 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0701136235

Penguin Random House. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Chatto And Windus, 1993. Hard covers in tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, some pages with pen marks to the margins. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good +/Very Good +. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0701136235 Inscribed By Author Dust jacket unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Signed by author to title page. 330 pages clean and tight. A daringly original and illuminating book: the first study of the subtle, binding codes that ruled all aspects of nineteenth century life. `Do manners make man (and woman) ?' The Victorians certainly thought so. According to John Stuart Mill, the English, more than any other people, not only act, but feel according to rule'. Provoked by Mill's analysis Andrew St George shows that `manners' not only governed the way the Victorians talked, dressed, furnished their houses and courted their wives, but also structured the way they saw their world, judged their achievements and expressed their inner thoughts in fiction and poetry. Such codes, as Disraeli knew, could also be instruments of government, bonds of cohesion and… Leer más

London, England.: Chatto & Windus., 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 1993 first edition. Ex-library book with three stamps and two labels attached. Text, dust jacket and boards in very good condition. Remainder mark in black to top edge. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (330 pages).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

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