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Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Paperbacks/ The University of Michigan, 1959., 1959. Soft cover. G+. 1st pb edition, 8vo, 407pages. Condition is GOOD+: light edgewear; spine creased.

Jonathan Cape, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 407 pages. Illustrated paper covers. Light staining and tanning to pages.More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Hinges are lightly cracked but covers remain firmly attached. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor rolling and creasing.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1959. 406 pages; 21 cm. AA 27. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Introductory: the Russells come to Woburn; Budget of 1641; 17 years: 1641-1658; Return of the King; After 1660: the family; After 1660: the household; Kitchen and its clerk: 1653 to 1667; Kitchen and its clerk: After 1667; Steward of the household; Wine-cellar; Stables and travel; Sport and games; Gardens; Library; Portrait gallery; In sickness and in death; Privy purse: mainly apparel; Privy purse: gifts, gratuities and charity; Getting and spending; Fifty and sixty years on.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Alfred A. Knopf. B002E611Q0 1937 Alfred A. Knopf Publishing. Book is in very good condition, comes with a Mylar protective cover, has usual edge wear. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping and free tracking. . Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Fourth printing. Very Good/very good. The Bedford Historical Series. Recreating everyday life in a seventeenth-century noble household, that of William, fifth Earl and Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire and at Bedford House in the Strand, London. This is something quite unusual in historical writing - a picture, astonishing in its detail and completenes. It posesses the unity and interest of biography and the fascination of social history, Blue cloth boards with writing to spine.Some bumping to top and bottom of spine and some staining to cover. Owner inscription. Dj mylar covered, some shelf wear.Pages foxed, but clean. First Edition AB51

Jonathan Cape, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. First Edition. 406 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustration plates. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

Norwich: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Jonathan Cape, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. First Edition Thus. 406 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Some bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards.

Jonathan Cape, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1940. Third Impression. 406 pages. Cream dust jacket with black lettering over blue cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Dust jacket corners cut but not price clipped. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with staining and soiling to DJ.

University of Michigan Press, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. First Edition Thus. 406 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Jonathan Cape 1950. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), foxing to eps; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Paperback. Very Good.

London England: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Hardback. Life in a Noble Household. 1641-1700. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Corners slightly bent. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. This book calls for little or no prefatory explanation. It is based upon the household papers - account books, bills and letters - handled by the officials and servants of William Russell, fifth Earl and first Duke of Bedford, and reveals the great variety of information that this type of historical source contains. My original intention was to include a study of the finance of the estates, from which the family income was derived. But it soon became evident that this called for separate treatment in another work and I have, therefore, so far as finance is concerned, confined myself here, in the main to asking how a family of noble birth in the seventeenth century spent its money. The extracts, except of unidentifiable names, have been modernized in spelling and likewise in punctuation.… Read More

London : Jonathan Cape, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 406p. Subjects: Russell family. Bedford, William Russell 1st, duke 1613-1700. Home economics History 17th century. Prices Great Britain History 17th century. Great Britain Social life and customs 17th century. Genre: History. Language: English.