Author : Charles L Groves Year of publication: 1921 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :Yes Condition: Good Category: History Cost of book: £12 (includes P+P) Price negotiable: No
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Mr Punch's History of Modern England.
Volume 1
by Charles L Groves
Published by Cassell and Company Ltd., London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne. 1921 Volume One 1841 – 1857
Hardcover: 314 pages 17cms x 24cms
First volume of 4 volumes The title of this work indicates at once its main source and its limitations. The files of Punch have been generally admitted to be a valuable mine of information on manners customs, and fashions of the Victorian age, and of the wealth of material thus provided liberal use has been made. But it must not be forgotten that Punch has always been a London paper, and that in so far as English life is reflected in his pages, London always comes first, though in this volume, and especially during the "Hungry 'Forties," Lancashire comes a very good second. For pictures of provincial society—such, for example, as that given in Cranford or in the novels of Trollope—or of life in Edinburgh or Dublin, the chronicler of Victorian England must look outside Punch. The "country cousin " is not forgotten, but for the most part comes into view when he is on a visit to London, not when he is on his native heath. Yet even with these deductions the amount of material is embarrassingly rich.
The dark blue hardback with gold Punch illustration on the front is a little worn but binding and pages are firm and complete although there is some spotting on the first and last few pages. The back board is just starting to come away from pages.
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