HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994 * Publisher: Yale University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated dust wrapper, Lord de Grey, the finest shot of his day, in action c 1900. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to jacket. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: 24 pp. b/w photos.* Pages: 245 pp. text. lxxvi pp. Appendices & index at rear.* Description: In this stylish and provocative book, the eminent historian David Cannadine brings his characteristic wit and acumen to bear on the British aristocracy, probing behind the legendary escapades and indulgences of aristocrats such as Lord Curzon, the Hon C.S. Rolls (of Rolls Royce), Winston Churchill, Harold Nicolson, and Vita Sackville -West, and changing our perceptions of them - transforming wastrels into heroes and the self-satisfied into the second-rate. He begins by investigating the land-owning classes as a whole during the last two hundred years, describing their origins, their habits, their increasing debts, and their involvement with the steam train, the horseless carriage, and the aeroplane. He discloses the family background and the impact of many well known aristocratic names and reconstructs the ...

New Haven: Yale University Press, Date: 1994. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. x + 321pp., 8vo, black cloth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.<br/><br/> 1994. Yale University Press ISBN 0300059817 US

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994 ISBN 0-300-05981-7 Octavo (9.5 in. by 6.5 in.); 321pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; rubbed dust jacket panels; book opens freely at sections; crisp; clean; bright.. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994 ISBN 0300059817 9780300059816 [US]

Yale University Press, Date: 1994, .. /Dust Jacket Included. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0300059817 Signed by Author(s) 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, x,320pp, slight staining on fore-edges, text clean and sound, signed by the author on title page, no further inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper . ISBN: 0300059817 . 1994. Yale University Press, 1994, . ISBN 0300059817 9780300059816 [GB]

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Yale University Press ISBN 0300059817 9780300059816 [GB]

Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0300059817 9780300059816 [GB]

Yale University Press, Date: 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 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,850grams, ISBN:9780300059816 1994. Yale University Press ISBN 0300059817 9780300059816 [GB]