Modes and Manners of the Nineteenth Century; As Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time - Four Volume Set
J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Hardcover. Four volumes, complete. Translated from the German by M. Edwardes, with an introduction by Grace Rhys, and two additional chapters in volume four by Grace Thompson. Maroon cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Cloth rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn; volume one is additionally dampstained. Spines dulled, the gilt ranging from obscured to illegible - gilt on front covers is soiled for volume one, but still clear for volumes two-four. Volume one's spine is square, the others with mild to moderate cocking; bindings sound. Interiors: pink dampstaining to top and fore-edge margins of first few pages and to rear paste down, without effect on text. Flecked black pen markings to textblock fore-edge of volume two. All four volumes lightly toned and very sparsely foxed, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with numerous pictures in both black-and-white and full-color. Used: Good. Item #BBS-2014271
Price: $75.00