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PAXMAN**, JEREMY: : THE VICTORIANS - Britain Through the Paintings of the Age

LONDON.BBC Books/an imprint of Ebury Publishing,2009.

ISBN 9781846077432.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial and contemporary sepia photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy black-lettered author name,capitalised,glossy, red-lettered part-title and other glossy,black-lettered sub-title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered part-title and author name as front,thumbnail colour pictorial artwork - Polly,Queen of the Pirate Isle.by Kate Greenaway at head of spine and publisher's capitalised b/w lettered+illustrated colophon, to foot of same,rear panel with 10 colour painting illustrations by assorted artists of the era in two rows,top (6)+bottom (4) divided between by black-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges with very,very minimal dust flecks at headband and in a couple of spots only,fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a black+red striped headband,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,6-255pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,5 chapters,and an Afterword,profuse contemporary monochrome illustrations+ photographs,colour photographs+illustrations throughout the text and the book, Acknowledgements,Further Reading list,an Index and Picture Credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title with colour painting to its reverse,title page with colour painting frntis to its reverse, and a Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 14 year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness and minimal lack of major faults.      In 'The Victorians', Jeremy Paxman offers his personal take on the most important and influential period of our national past.Using the paintings of the era as his starting point in his view,the one mode of Victorian art yet to be rescued from indifference Paxman explores themes of family, urban life, industry, empire, and imagination to uncover truths (and explode some myths) about Victorian Britain. To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, immensely popular visual narratives that attracted crowds by the hundreds of thousands- a single picture show featuring Elizabeth Butler's Balaclava (depicting survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade) drew 50,000 viewers, some of them openly weeping. The Victorians shows how artists like Butler, William Powell Frith, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Luke Fildes, and Ford Madox Brown were chronicling a world changing before their eyes, and his overview ranges across the whole of Victorian life and culture- from high gothic architecture to the birth of the football league,from the novels of Dickens to the technological marvels of Brunel.Published to coincide with a landmark BBC series. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight ad the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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