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MULLEN,RICHARD and MUNSON,JAMES: : 'The Smell of the Continent' - The British Discover Europe 1814 - 1914.[Co-authors' SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN,2009.

ISBN 9780230741904.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but both co-author's black ink handwritten signatures,a dedication by Richard Mullen: 'To Ian,For Christmas Richard Mullen,James Munson' to dedication page and a price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+brown lettering to front panel and spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain burgundy cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,burgundy+white striped headband and immaculate monochrome period reproduction illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xixpp+1-380pp [paginated] includes an introduction,a note on money, 12 chapters - each with b/w line illustrated chapter headpiece,an epilogue, 24pp contemporary b/w illustration reproductions in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp76/7, pp188/9 and pp284/5 respectively,4pp Further reading,39pp notes,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,b/w line illustrated vignette title page,both author's SIGNED dedication page and an identical vignetted contents list/table as the title page. Historians Richard Mullen and James Munson examine just what it was about the Continent that so attracted British travellers in the hundred years from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of the First World War.It was the first time in history that the British - en masse - set out to discover Europe and their exploits - frequently amusing,often touching and always vivid - are lovingly recounted.What emerges is a compelling portrait of the Victorians abroad,many of them convinced that their country was not only vastly superior but also the envy of the world. Their robust attitudes to foreign food, modes of transport and habits were often as uncharitable then as now and complaints about 'beastly abroad' abound.But for every solid citizen for whom British was always best,there was an intrepid soul who was genuinely interested in other countries and what could be learned from them. Drawing on diaries,letters,novels, magazines and contemporary traveller's tales,from famous names such as Charles Dickens and Lord Byron,as well as those from those of less renown,'The Smell of the Continent' gives us a charming glimpse of our forbears venturing forth across the Channel at a time when travelling was a much bolder venture than boarding a cheap flight.In doing so,they created the modern tourist industry.In doing so,they created the modern tourist industry.Their adventures show that the gulf between the 'traveller' and the 'tourist' was as wide in our great-grandparents' time as it is today. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Ian,For Christmas Richard Mullen,James Munson'

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