Brides and Bridals

London: Hurst And Blackett, 1872. First Edition. A wide-ranging work, with chapters on marriage by capture, marriage by purchase, espousals, banns, pre-contracts, the wedding ring, costume, bridesmaids and grooms, wedding cake, wedding presents, dinner and dance, bridal music, wedding sermons, discipline of wives, spinsters of past times, medical women and white slaves, lay-marriages during the commonwealth, taxes on celibacy,… Read more about this item

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1872. 1st. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1872 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Bound (and signed) by Mudie of London in a handsome light-brown calf over bevelled boards. Gilt-decorated compartments, raised bands, leather spine labels. A clean, VG+ copy. Still tightly-bound and very sturdy. Light bumping to several of the tips. Thick… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.