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Published by Capricorn Books/G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1964
ISBN 10: 0399502939ISBN 13: 9780399502934
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW & Bright copy w/check marks to Contents. Softcover/NF w/trace edge & surface wear. Price stamp to fEP. Frontispiece: An early Tudor nobleman; painting. Social history. Essence pf life in 16th century Tudor England; the period when England of the Yorkists was transformed into the England of Elizabeth; a time when the kindgom was relatively barren of good painting and good drawing, illuminated manuscripts were passe, and miniatures & engravings were yet to be. 8 chapters: I, The Land; II, Trade Industry & Agriculture; III, The Order of Society; IV, Castles, Palaces & Houses; V, Doctors, Disease & Diet; VI, School & College; VII, Church & People; and VIII, Change & Rebellion.
Published by Capricorn Books/ G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1980
ISBN 10: 0399500766ISBN 13: 9780399500763
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Helen Nixon Fairfield (illustrator). First Edition, 6th Printing. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1963 First Edition, 6th Printing. Softcover/VG; sound w/light edge & surface wear. Trace soiling to leading text edge. COVER ART: Sam Salant. Rich, detailed history of some 3,000-years of daily life in ancient Egypt from early days to the advent of the Ptolemies (the Hellenistic period) by prolific Welsh-American author, Jon Ewbank Manchip White (1924 ? 2013), who also wrote non-fiction & fiction, plays, teleplays, screenplays, short stories & poetry. Part of the Everyday Life Series, this book presents, in absorbing detai, the way life was led at all levels of society, from pharaoh to peasant. Housing, dress, furnishings, education, family life, funerary practices, customs, arts, pastimes & religious beliefs are all included. 200 pgs, supported by photos & graphs & detailed line drawings in 5 parts: I, The Nile Valley; II, Dwelling Places; III, The Home; IV, People & Professions; and V, Private Life.