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The English Pig: A History
by Malcolmson, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1852853352
- ISBN 13
- 9781852853358
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Hambledon & London.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a print (mid nineteenth century) entitled ?A Prize Pig?. No bumps or rubs. No Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Anumber of b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 131 pp. text. xxix pp. notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- Pigs were an important and integral part of English village life, both visible and essential. Living in close proximity to their owners and fed on scraps, they were the subject of perennial interest. The English Pig is a fascinating portrait of one of the most recognisable but least known of farm animals and a wonderfully readable account of the pig?s place in our social history. While the words associated with the pig, such as 'hoggish', 'swine' and 'pigsty', and phrases like 'greedy as a pig' associate the pig with greed and dirt, this book shows the pig's virtues, intelligence and distinctive character. The pig also has its place in literature from Fielding's pig-keeping Parson Trulliber to Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure and Flora Thompson's 'Lark Rise to Candleford'.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1084
- Title
- The English Pig: A History
- Author
- Malcolmson, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus, 1st Reprint.
- ISBN 10
- 1852853352
- ISBN 13
- 9781852853358
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Continuum
- Place of Publication
- London UK 160
- Date Published
- 2001-10-01
- Size
- 17.4 x 1.5 x 22.5 cm
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