English folk : a book of characters / by Wallace Notestein
1938, First Edition. London : J. Cape. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #408800
Physical description: 381 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliographical references included in "Acknowledgments": pages 11-13. Contents: Frederick Bettesworth, 1837 (circa) to 1905.--Lucy Lyttelton (Lady Frederick Cavendish), 1841 to 1925.--Thomas Coke of Holkham (finally Earl of Leicester), 1754 to 1842.--Thomas Bewick, 1753 to 1828.--James Woodforde, 1740 to 1803.--Thomas Tyldesley, 1657 to 1715.--Alice Thornton, 1626 to 1707.--Leonard Wheatcroft, 1627 to 1706.--Roger Lowe, 1643 (probably) to 1679.--Adam Eyre, 1614 to 1661.--Brilliana Lady Harley, 1598 to 1643.--Nicholas Assheton, 1590 to 1625.--The Berkeley family, Elizabethan period. Subjects: National characteristics, English; Manners and customs; National characteristics, English; Great Britain; Great Britain ; Biography; England Social life and customs; England Social life and customs History.
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