9780851155968 - Innocent Espionage: The La Rochefoucauld Brothers' Tour of England in 1785 (0) [Lingua Inglese] (11 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Fine.

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780851155968.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Gift inscription on half-title, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows 1/4" chip at head of front joint, 1" closed tear at top of rear flap fold, a few light creases, price-clipped front flap, now in mylar. xx,270 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1995). 270pp. SIGNED by the author on title page in black ink. VG+/VG+ copy, price-clipped, now preserved in archival jacket protector. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Three young Frenchmen vividly record the English economic landscape of the late 18th century. This book is irresistible. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Ranks with Defoe and Cobbett, and fills the gap between them. in this wonderful book we have a portrait of England at its most beautiful and most vigorous, of Jane Austen'sidyllic countryside and Blake's Satanic mills. NIGEL NICOLSON, SPECTATOR We always have it in stock as it is such a marvellous book. HEYWOOD HILL BOOKSHOP Looking at England in the early months of 1785, covering 20 or even 30 miles a day and making detailed and intelligent notes at night, the two brothers, Francois and Alexandre, and their tutor, saw landscapes still visible today; but the world of the momentous industrial revolution and optimism that, as patriots, they envied, is one we can only envy them for knowing and admire them for recording. Making good use of their time, the group travelled along rutted roads from inn to inn, visiting factories, plungingdown mines, exploring dockyards and cathedrals. One is glad that both boys survived the Revolution, but even more remarkable is the survival of their manuscripts, here presented with such scholarship and joy by Norman Scarfe. NORMAN SCARFE best known for his studies of East Anglia, has also edited and translated the earlier travels of the brothers as A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk, 1794(Boydell & Brewer in 1988). There is nothing like the journals of contemporaries to bring into focus .Magdalen bridge and the iron bridge at Coalbrookdale both freshly built, Adam's new furniture gleaming in Kedleston, the Bridgewater canals in full operation, Robert Bakewell inhis farm and Priestley in his laboratory. Nowhere have such experiences been more sharply recorded than in the letter-diaries of three intrepid foreigners who travelled this country in 1785 the book ranks in interestwith Defoe and Cobbett, and fills the gap between them. In this wonderful book we have a portrait of England at its most beautiful and most vigorous, of Jane Austen's idyllic countryside and Blake's Satanic mills. One might have expected three young foreigners with such aristocratic connecti. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket lightly dulled at spine. 235 x 155 mm. xx, 276 pp. An account of an industrial tour through England by Frenchmen François & Alexandre La Rochefoucauld and their tutor. Translated into English with supporting apparatus by Norman Scarfe. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1995 first edition hardback in near fine condition. SIGNED by the author on title page and INSCRIBED by the author on half-title page. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding, near flawless blue cloth boards. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with minimal shelf wear. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Second Impression, same year as first. Signed presentaion copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authors Presentation Copy.

1st edition. "Looking at England in the early months of 1785, covering twenty or even thirty miles a day and making detailed and intelligent notes at night, the two La Rochefoucauld brothers, Francois and Alexandre, and their tutor, saw landscapes still visible today; but the world of momentous industrial invention and optimism that they envied, as patriots, is one we can now only envy them for knowing and admire them for recording." Pp.xx/270, 62 black & white illustrations, signed to title page with gift message to half-title page, maps to endpapers. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 290 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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